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Antique Oriental Rugs by Style and Design

Agra Antique Carpets

Antique Agra Rugs & Carpets
Agra has been a major center of carpet production since the great period of Mugal art in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Alcaraz Antique Carpets

Antique Alcaraz Carpets
The production of carpets in Spain turned away from designs of oriental inspiration to a more classically derived Renaissance European style.

Amritsar

Antique Amritsar Rugs
Amritsars are extremely distinctive within the production of Indian carpets.

Art Deco

Art Deco Rugs & Carpets
The term Deco applies to European and certain Chinese carpets that reflect the new movements in modern European decorative arts during the first third of the twentieth century.

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau Rugs & Carpets
Carpets were a major part of the great Art Nouveau movement that revolutionized the decorative arts in Europe and the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Axminster

Antique Axminster Rugs & Carpets
Antique Axminster carpets were a luxurious nineteenth-century English counterpart to the great Neo-classical designs of French Aubussons and Savonneries.

Aubusson

French Aubusson
Aubusson carpets made in tapestry technique are among the most elegant and luxurious antique floor coverings.

Bakhtiari

Antique Persian Bakhtiari Rugs & Carpets
Antique Bakhtiari carpets, produced in the Zagros Mountains of Iran, are one of the few types that can encompass nomadic tribal as well as urban Persian design.

Azerbaijan Caucasian

Azerbaijan Rugs & Carpets from the Caucasus
The Azerbaijan region in the Caucasus just north of Iran was already an important rug-producing region by the seventeenth century, if not earlier.

Balkan Embroidery

Embroidery Textiles from the Balkans
Until the early nineteenth century the Balkan Peninsula was under the rule of the Ottoman Turks.

Bakshaish

Antique Persian Bakshaish / Bakhshaish / Bakhshaysh
Among the larger rugs made in Iran, Bakshaish carpets are in a class by themselves.

Bessarabian

Bessarabian Carpets
Antique Bessarabian rugs in pile and tapestry technique occupy a unique place among European carpets.

Baluch

Baluch Rugs & Carpets
Baluch carpets are among the most varied and unusual antique nomadic Central Asian carpets.

Bibikabad

Bibikabad Oriental Rugs & Carpets
Antique Bibikabad carpets, woven near the Hamadan region in Iran, are related to Malayers in technique.

Bezalel

Bezalel Rugs & Carpets from Israel
Antique Bezalel carpets were produced in the earlier twentieth century as part of a new art school for Jewish immigrants in what was then British-ruled Palestine.

Cairene Classical Ottoman

Early Period Cairene Oriental Rugs & Carpets
Under the Ottoman Turkish Empire in the sixteenth century, a new style of carpet production emerged in Cairo under carefully controlled court patronage.
Bidjar

Persian Bidjar Rugs & Carpets
Bijars, produced in Northwest Iran are among the finest of Persian rugs by virtue of their design and technique.

Chinese

Chinese Rugs & Carpets
Antique Chinese carpets have a very long and distinguished history that is largely independent of rug design from Middle East. See also: Ningsia, Peking.

Central Asian Nomadic
Central Asian Nomadic
While the dominant nomadic rug and textile production in Central Asia was maintained by the various Turkoman groups like the Tekke, Yomud, etc.

Donegal Irish

Donegal Irish
Donegal carpets, produced during the later nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries, represent the Irish contribution to the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau Movements.
Dagestan
Dagestan Rugs & Carpets from Caucasus - Antique Dagestan rugs, produced in the East Caucasus, were closely related to Shirvan and Kuba rugs from the same region.

Esfahan / (Isfahan)

Persian Esfahan / Isfahan Rugs & Carpets
Isfahans or Esfahans, claim a very proud tradition among Persian carpets going back to Safavid times in the seventeenth century.
Farahan
Antique Oriental Farahan Rugs & Carpets
Farahan carpets, produced in the Arak region of west central Iran, are remarkable for their abilty to combine different qualities and sensibilities.

Gendge (Ganja)

Antique Gendge / Ganja / Gendge Rugs & Carpets
Prized by collectors and decorators alike for their glorious color and large-scale graphic design, much like Kazak rugs from the same region.
Gabbeh
Primitive Gabbeh Rugs
Antique Gabbehs are tribal Persian rugs made with extra high pile and very simple, graphic designs focused on the use of color, which can be vibrant or soft and earthy.

Greek Island Embroidery

Greek Island Embroidery
They disclose something of the influence of Ottoman Turkish textile arts in their design and coloration.
Giordes
Turkish Giordes / Ghiordes Rugs
Giordes rugs have a long and distinguished history in Turkish weaving.

Hereke

Fine Turkish Hereke Rugs & Carpets - Antique Hereke rugs represent the ultimate in finesse and delicacy within the Turkish production of the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Hamedan
Oriental Hamedan \ Hamadan
Antique Hamadan (Hamedan) rugs, generally produced in scatter sizes drew extensively upon the tribal weaving traditions of Iran.

Hooked American

Hooked American
Indigenous to the Northeast of the United States and Maritime Canada, their production began in the 1840’s.
Heriz / Serapi
Antique Persian Heriz / Serapi
Heriz carpets are among the most recognizable rugs of Iran because of their distinctive monumental designs and the expressive power of their angular drawing.

Irish Arts and Crafts

Irish Arts & Crafts
The Arts and Crafts Movement grew out of the design revolution spawned by English artists like William Morris and Christopher Dresser.
Ingrain
Ingrain American
Ingrain carpets were a form of machine loomed, flatwoven, reversible carpet that became popular in the nineteenth century.

Kashan

Antique Oriental Kashan
Antique Kashans are among the very finest Persian rugs and carpets.
Karabagh
Karabagh Rugs & Carpets
Karabagh rugs, eagerly sought after by collectors as well as designers, have one of the oldest and most varied design traditions of any antique Caucasian rugs.

Kerman

Antique Kerman Lavar Persian Rugs & Carpets
Since the seventeenth century, Kerman has been a major center for the production of high-quality carpets.
Kazak
Kazak Rugs from the Caucasus
Among the most prized and exciting Caucasian village rugs. Famed for their rich colors, assertive, geometric drawing, and bold, large-scale designs.

Khotan

Antique Khotan Rugs from East Turkestan
Essentially, Khotans straddle the boundary between Chinese or Tibetan rugs and those of the Middle East.
Khorassan
Antique Persian Khorassan / Khurasan / Khurassan
The region of Khorassan in northeastern Iran has been famed for fine rugs going back to Timurid times in the late middle ages.

Kirshehir

Antique Kirshehir / Kirshehir Rugs & CarpetS
Antique Kirshehir rugs, produced in central Turkey, are valued for their rich color, excellent wool, and the geometric vitality of their drawing.
Kilim
Kilims
Once overlooked as utilitarian, low status items, antique Kilims are now prized as some of the most powerful and authentic weavings of the Middle East.
Konya
Turkish Konya Rugs
Antique Konya rugs are famed and desired for their magnificent color, lustrous wool, and unfettered bold tribal drawing.
Kurdish
Antique Kurdish Rugs & Carpets
have only recently come to be recognized for their distinctive sense of design and fine color.

Lori

Lori / Luri Rugs & Carpets
Antique Luri rugs, produced by the Lurs of the Zagros Mountains in western Iran, are among the most impressive tribal Persian weavings.

Malayer

Persian Malayer Rugs & Carpets
Antique rugs from the Malayer region constitute an important and distinctive group of Persian weavings.

Masterpiece Rugs and Carpets in the Nazmiyal Collection

Masterpieces
Masterpiece antique rugs and carpets currently in the Nazmiyal Collection.
Millefleurs
Millefleurs
Antique Millefleurs tapestries of Kashmir in Northern India made in twilled technique are among the finest virtuoso textiles produced in the Orient.
Milas / (Melas)
Antique Turkish Milas / Melas
Antique Melas rugs from southwestern Turkey are exceedingly beautiful in the finnesse of their weave and drawing, and in the subtlety of their coloration.
Moroccan
Moroccan Rugs & Carpets
Moroccan rugs are notable for their dynamic colorful designs and for their strong sense of geometric structure.

Mongolian

Mongolian Rugs & Carpets
Antique Mongolian carpets have along history going back almost to the Mongol period in China.
Navajo
American Navajo Rugs
Navajo rugs, particularly the great ones, represent the native American contribution to the world of textile production.

Mugal

Antique Indian Mugal / Mughal / Mogul Rugs & Carpets
Carpet weaving was one of the most outstanding aspects of textile production in India under the Mugal dynasty from the late sixteenth to early eighteenth centuries.
Ningsia
Antique Chinese Ningsia / Ningsia / Ningshia Rugs & Carpets
Ningxias are among the oldest antique Chinese rugs or carpets, many going back to the eighteenth century or earlier. See also: Chinese, Peking.

Needlepoint

Decorative Antique Needlepoint Embroidery
Needlepoint embroidery technique represents a particularly European adaptation of the Oriental carpet.
Ottoman Embroidery
Early Antique Ottoman Embroidery
produced between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries are among the most interesting textiles of this period.

NorthWest Persian

Antique NorthWest Rugs & Carpets
The term Northwest was coined to denote highly interesting and possibly early antique pieces that were clearly made in Northwest Iran.
Peking
Antique Chinese Peking Rugs & Carpets
A newer antique production that began in China immediately following World War I, when carpet manufacturing moved from Ningxia and other interior centers to the capital. See also: Chinese, Ningsia.

Oushak

Antique Turkish Oushak / Ushak Rugs & Carpets
Oushak in western Turkey has been a major center of rug production almost from the very begining of the Ottoman peirod.
Prayer
Prayer Rug - The Saph or Communal Prayer Rug
Prayer rugs represent a very special genre with the world of carpets. Technically any small carpet or rug can be used for prayer, so all rugs are prayer rugs.

Polonaise

Polonaise Rugs & Carpets
Embellished with threads in precious metals, antique Polonaise carpets are among the most elegant and lavish of the court productions made under the Safavid dynasty .
Savonnerie
Savonnerie Rugs & Carpets
Antique Savonnerie carpets exemplify the formal grace and elegance of classical European design.

Sarouk

Antique Oriental Sarouk / Sarough Rugs
Antique Sarouks are among the most luxurious classically derived, room-sized Persian carpets. 
Senneh
Antique Persian Senneh / Senna Rugs & Carpets
Antique Senneh carpets, produced in Northwest Iran, are prized for their fine, delicate design and their distinctive, weaving technique.

Scandinavian

Scandinavian Carpets
... by the ninth or tenth centuries, when Islamic silk textiles found their way to Scandinavia with Viking merchants.
Shahsavan
Antique Shahsavan / Shahsevan Rugs & Carpets
Highly unusual and exciting, antique Shahsevan rugs and carpets have only recently been recognized ...

Serapi

Antique Persian Serapi / Heriz
The term Serapi is an invention of the market, but it nevertheless signifies a real distinction - Serapis are the very best and probably the oldest Herizes.
Silk
Fine Antique Silk Rugs & Textiles
Carpets made in silk are the most luxurious productions of their kind. Silk culture and silk textile production began in China...

Shirvan

Antique Shirvan Rugs from Caucasus
Shirvan rugs are often the most sought after antique weavings from the Caucasus.
Spanish
Decorative Spanish Rugs & Carpets
Although Spain is not generally thought of as a rug producing region, Spanish carpets represent the most venerable and honored tradition of rug production in Europe.

Sivas

Antique Turkish Sivas Rugs & Carpets
Sivas carpets are appreciated as some of the most well-made and decorative of room-sized Turkish rugs.
Tabriz
Antique Persian Tabriz Rugs & Carpets
Tabriz carpets are distinguished by their excellent weave and by their remarkable adherence to the classical traditions of Persian rug design.

Sultanabad

Antique Sultanabad Ziegler Persian Rugs & Carpets
The term Sultanabad has come to distinguish the oldest and highest quality Mahal carpets which were produced in the Arak region.
Tibetan
Antique Tibetan Rugs & Carpets
Tibet is an ancient culture, and antique rugs produced there go back at least into the seventeenth century.

Tehran

Antique Oriental Persian Tehran Rugs & Carpets
Tehran only became a center of antique rug production after the great revival of Persian weaving was underway in the late nineteenth century.
Ukrainian
Ukrainian Rugs & Carpets
Pile carpets produced in the Ukraine are related to the Savonnerie carpets of Western Europe from France and Spain, or Axminsters from England.

Antique Turkish Rugs & Carpets

Turkish
Uzbek
Uzbek Rugs & Embroideries - Antique Uzbek embroideries are among the boldest and most exciting examples of this technique from Central Asia.

Wagireh

Wagireh
The Wagireh or Sampler rug is perhaps the most enigmatic of carpets. Made as a template or pattern for the design and production of larger carpets...
Wilton
Wilton Rugs & Carpets
Although they were machine-made rather than hand woven, Wilton carpets from England are quite sought after for their elegance...

Yarkand

Yarkand Rugs & Carpets
Yarkands are quite distinctive among the carpets of East Turkestan.
Yastik
Yastik
Yastiks or pillow or bolster covers - are the most desirable of small Turkish rugs, eagerly sought after by collectors...

Yazd

Antique Yazd Rugs & Carpets from Persia
Halfway between Isfahan and , it is hardly surprising that Yazd became heir to the great tradition of classical Persian rug weaving.
Yuruk - (Yoruk)
Antique Yuruk / Yörük Rugs & Carpets from Turkey
Yuruk rugs, more than any other type, exemplify the great nomadic tradition of Turkish carpet weaving (Yuruk means nomad in Turkish).

Zakatala

Zakatala
Zakatala rugs, produced in the South Caucasus are some of the rarest and most collectible village weavings of this region.
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