A striking and highly decorative antique Karabagh rug, distinguished by its bold, expressive drawing and rich, painterly color palette.
The composition features a loosely organized, almost all-over floral and abstract design, with large-scale blossoms, stylized foliage, and animal-like forms arranged in a dynamic, symmetrical layout.
A finely drawn and well-balanced antique Shirvan rug, likely of Baku influence, distinguished by its elegant square format and refined geometric composition.
The field is set on a soft camel / sand-colored ground, decorated with a structured arrangement of stylized rosettes, cruciform motifs, and angular medallions, connected by delicate linear devices.
An exceptional Karabagh prayer rug featuring a refined mihrab with a tree-of-life design. The composition is elegant and well-balanced, combining geometric structure with soft, floral expression.
The standout feature is its rare chocolate-brown field, enriched by a sophisticated palette of madder red, rose, green, pale blue, and ivory. The colors are both vibrant and harmonious, giving the piece unusual depth and warmth. Finely drawn borders complete the composition with precision.
Origin: Southern Dagestan (Lesghi / Lezghi group)
Date: Circa late 19th century
Structure: Hand-knotted wool on wool.
A finely woven antique Lesghi rug, distinguished by its crisp drawing and classic all-over geometric lattice. The field features a vertical arrangement of octagonal rosettes and star-like medallions, closely associated with Lesghi designs, rendered with precision and clarity.
The palette is well-balanced, combining ivory, deep indigo, and madder red, with subtle secondary tones that enhance contrast and definition.
Antique Caucasian Kazak Rug
Size: 4'1" x 7'
Origin: Southwest Caucasus
Date: Late 19th Century
Construction: Hand-knotted Goat wool on wool foundation.
This late 19th-century Caucasian Kazak rug presents a compelling and highly individual interpretation of classic tribal design, distinguished by its intentional asymmetry, expressive drawing, and richly aged palette.
The field is anchored by a sequence of large geometric medallions, each uniquely rendered and enclosed within bold, serrated outlines.
Caucasian rugs are among the most valuable oriental carpets in the world. Since ancient times, rugs from the mountainous Caucasus region have been prized for their superb wool, bright colors and exceptional weaving quality. Traditional Caucasian Kilims exhibit both Persian and Turkish influences: A lively blend of intricate floral motifs and vivid geometric shapes. This category includes Caucasian rugs, Karabagh and Kuba Kilims, Shahsevan rugs, Shirvan Kilims, and Soumak Kilims.
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.
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.
