This Manchester wool Mandarin Chinese art decco carpet is among the finest quality Chinese rugs ever woven. It has a center meddalion which is royal blue with a flower pot and flowering plants in red. The background color of this rug is a beautiful shade of mulberry or boysenberry purple.
The field is encompassed by three borders. The inner border is a very nice medium blue when viewed into the nap and a lighter blue when viewed over the nap. It changes colors a lot. This is encompassed by a dark to medium colored blue border containing flowers and butterflies.
Most desirable Feraghan Sarouk with the all over design and ivory background. Feraghans were made between the 1870s-1913 from a region north of the town of Arak, produced for the Persian aristocracy. They are single wefted, long and narrow or room-sized carpets, typically with an all-over herati design or floral and curling leaf motifs. Feraghan-Sarouks, also called Sarouks, are double-wefted, heavier carpets with a higher knot count than village Sultanabad. Fields are often blue or ivory and designs typically feature either large medallions or representations of trees and birds
Very fine Persian Dabir Kashan in perfect condition, circa 1920. Unusual purple red background color. High density knotting woven from kork wool, creating an intricate design. From the mid-19th to the early 20th century the finest quality rugs from Kashan were called Dabir and said to be from the workshop of Dabir. Kashan is a city in North Central Iran. We know that there was production of Persian Carpet at Royal workshops in the 17th and early 18th century.
The production of Hooked rugs began in the 1840s. Measures: 3.3" x 4.9". The materials consisted of linen, flax, hemp, and eventually imported Indian jute. The most common design found in the earliest rugs was floral, expanding to include scenes and even an images of peoples’ pets. Hooked rugs have a variable pile, depending upon the lengths of yarn used, and the designs are increasingly complex. These rugs are flat on the bottom and not reversible. Hand made by housewives and local craft makers, American hooked rugs are folksy works of art that are functional too.
This wonderful Art Deco carpet was made in China, circa 1920s. Walter Nichols was great American rug producer (the Art Deco rugs which he did not originate them) in Tientsin. The rugs made of wool and silk with bold vibrant colors and the pattern are pictorial scenes and trees, birds, clouds, mountains, dragons, butterfly and flowers. The production of Art Deco rugs started from 1910s-1950s and mostly with western influence.
The Iranian city of Isfahan has long been one of the centres for production of the famous Persian carpet. Isfahani carpets are known for their high quality. The most famous workshop in Isfahan is Seirafian. Weaving in Isfahan flourished in the Safavid era. But when the Afghans invaded Iran, ending the Safavid dynasty, the Craft also became stagnant. The high knot density antique carpets in which Isfahan excelled continued to be woven in the late 19th and 20th centuries, maintaining the original inspiration and attention to refinement and detail.
After many years of experience of finding beautiful Deco Chinese, this one is the most exceptional, the beauty of design portraying water trees and birds with the most unusual light chocolate brown grey color background and it is in excellent condition
8'8" x 12'3" magnificent Tabriz Carpet, highly decorative with unusual grey blue background . Tabriz carpets are distinguished by their excellent weave and by their remarkable adherence to the classical traditions of Persian rug design. The city of Tabriz was the earliest capital of the Safavid dynasty. One of the most important figures in Tabriz rug making was the master weaver Haji Jalili and best known today for his incredible and unique approach to rug-making and his preference for distinctive color palettes and design elements.
