Ornak is a rug sampler, for corner of the rug.
Antique Kurdish rugs and bags are renowned for their distinctive patterns, vibrant colors, and high-quality craftsmanship.
This remarkable and artistic antique rug showcases an ornate, multicolored central design. At the heart of the antique Persian Heriz Serapi rug, a many-petaled flower is surrounded by a 12-pointed stellar shape in light and dark blue. Angular stylized flowers stud the navy form and are echoed across the red medallion that encases it. Four ornaments decorate the corners of the medallion, and floral adornments nestle within each tip. A rust red field, brimming with botanical decorations, extends the medallion’s shape.
Vintage Savoriness Carpet — Light Pistachu with Sunburst Panel Design
This exquisite vintage Savoriness carpet from Pakistan is a beautifully balanced blend of timeless craftsmanship and striking visual appeal. Woven in a soft light pistachu color, this rug radiates a subtle vibrance that complements both modern and antique interiors with effortless sophistication.
The design features twenty large sunburst motifs arranged in a bold yet harmonious pattern — distributed across four vertical panels and five horizontal panels, creating a rhythmic and luminous composition that draws the eye.
Remarkable fine antique Persian Senneh Malayer galley size carpet, circa 1900 in excellent condition.
The tribal weavers in Malayer were often Turkish, and they employed the Turkish knot. The Gourde is a symmetrical knot, as opposed to the asymmetrical knot of many traditionally Persian creations. Additionally, antique Malayer rugs regularly enjoy a low cut pile. Weavers trimmed the pile in order to enhance the appearance of the design. In addition to a broad range of design and color, these rugs were designed technically to enhance the artistry of the woven design.
A Bakshaish, Serapi, Master piece.
Very unusual all-over geometric and floral design made in northwest Persia. The carpet portrait a central medallion with four birds in the centre and one fourth of the same medallion is in each corner of the rug.
Bakshaish, Heriz Serapi. Bakshaish rugs made in Persia, Bakshaish (Bakshaish or Bakhshaysh) rugs adapt the style and feeling of the finest smaller village or tribal rugs to the scale of room-size pieces. The drawing of Bakshaish rugs and carpets is always bold, geometric, dynamic, and abstract.
Soumak is a tapestry technique of weaving strong and decorative textiles used as rugs and domestic bags. Baks used for bedding are known as Soumak Mafrash. Soumak is a type of flat-weave, somewhat resembling but stronger and thicker than Kilim, with a smooth front face and a ragged back; where Kilim is smooth both sides. Soumak lacks the slits characteristic of Kilim, as it is usually woven with supplementary weft threads as continuous supports.
The technique involves wrapping colored weft threads over and under the warp threads, adding strength and embroidery-like pattern.
The historic Khanate or administrative district of Shirvan produced many highly decorative antique rugs that have a formality and stylistic complexity that is found in few rugs from the Caucasus. The depth of colors, the complexity of the composition and the phenomenal patterns featured in antique Shirvan rugs set them apart from those produced in other regions of the Caucasus.
This wonderful Art Deco carpet was made in China, circa 1910s or 1920's. It has purchased from a nice home in New York. 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.
