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Persian Rugs

Antique Persian rugs can be divided into two main categories—city (formal) rugs, which were made in workshops, are known for their finely-woven and often intricate designs, and village rugs (informal), which are widely varied in their unique blends of city and nomadic motifs and techniques.

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A Tabriz rug
11.5 x 7.9
E42693

An early 20th century Persian Tabriz rug, the sand field with a curvilinear trellis of scrolling arabesques vinery, palmettes and birds, with a central roundel in a subdued palette within a light brown palmette border.

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A Bidjar rug
7.2 x 3.9
E36872

An early 20th century Persian Bidjar rug, having a highly-stylized enlarged lozenge lattice with abstract floral elements in shades of red, brown, and blue within a light brown serrated leaf and rosette border.

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A Heriz rug
9.10 x 7.3
E36350

A second quarter 20th century Persian Heriz rug, the ivory field with a trellis of bold stylized palmettes and angular vinery in shades of red, blue, and salmon within an angular turtle palmette vinery border.

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A Persian Malayer rug
12.2 x 5.5
BB4609

An early 20th century Persian Malayer rug, the celadon field with an all-over trellis of palmettes, rosettes and angular flowering vinery within an angular sand palmette and vinery border.

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A Persian Sultanabad rug
18.3 x 13.9
BB4605

An early 20th century Persian Sultanabad antique carpet, the sand field having a luxurious and colorful trellis overall with palmettes and flowering vinery within a palmette and flowering vinery border.

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A Persian Tabriz rug
11.7 x 8.5
BB4600

An early 20th century colorful Persian Tabriz rug, the light brown field having carefully arranged rows of enlarged two-colored maple leaves within a simple red and blue palmette vinery border.

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A Hamadan runner
11.5 x 3.2
BB4599

An early 20th century Hamadan antique runner, the cream field having four stepped geometric motif medallions with upper and lower pendants surrounded by geometric floral motifs within a midnight blue and ivory floral motif border between orange stripes.

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A Persian Sultanabad rug
19.8 x 13.7
BB4595

An early 20th century Persian Sultanabad carpet, the beige field having an all-over trellis of scrolling floral vinery, palmettes and flowerheads within a beige palmette and feathery leaf border.

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A Pair of Malayer runners
13.5 x 3.5
BB4591

A pair of early 20th century Malayer runners, the striated taupe field with an overall trellis of angular vinery and abstract flowerheads within a primitive ivory border with angular scrolling vinery and abstract floral motifs.

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A Persian Kirman rug
19.8 x 15.0
BB4587

An unusual late 19th century Persian Kirman (Kerman) antique rug, the cream field with a dramatic overall design with exotic flowering trees and flowering branches and shrubs within a sand border with dense floral motifs.

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A Persian Meshad rug
19.10 x 14.2
BB4586

A decorative early 20th century Persian Meshad (Meshed) antique rug, the forest green field with an overall trellis of palmettes and flowering vinery within a camel linked cartouche border.

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A Persian Khorassan rug
9.1 x 6.8
BB4585

An early 20th century Persian Khorassan antique rug, the striated green field with a beige trellis of palmettes and floral vinery with olive green highlights within a sand palmette and serrated leaf border.

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A Persian Kirman carpet
12.10 x 6.7
BB4584

An early 20th century Persian Kirman (Kerman) antique rug, the dark brown field with neat rows with alternating floral bouquets, vases and birds within a narrow ivory cartouche border.

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A Persian Tabriz rug
17.2 x 11.10
BB4583

An early 20th century Persian Tabriz carpet, the abrashed camel field with an overall trellis of flowering vinery and bold polychrome palmettes within a sea green border with a pair of thick scrolling vines.

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A Persian Kirman rug
21.10 x 13.10
BB4579

A late 19th century Persian Kirman (Kerman) antique carpet, the camel field with an allover trellis of strap work, cypresses, whimsical botehs and flowering vinery within a cream border with rows of cypresses separated by millefleur.

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A Persian Heriz rug
11.0 x 10.0
BB4576

An early 20th century Persian Heriz carpet, the shaded dark blue and chocolate field with an overall trellis of angular flowering vines, enlarged stylized palmettes and bold serrated leaves within a red turtle-palmette vinery border.

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A Persian Kirman carpet
11.7 x 8.10
BB4575

A late 19th century Persian Kirman (Kerman) rug, the sand field with a trellis of palmettes, elegant thin red medallions and expressive flowering vinery within a whimsical scrolling vinery and feathery leaf border.

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A Persian Meshad rug
15.8 x 11.0
BB4568

An early 20th century Persian Meshad (Meshed) antique rug, the creamy pink field with a spacious trellis of palmettes, flowerheads and fine leafy vinery within a dark brown palmette and boteh border.

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A Persian Malayer carpet (size adjusted)
21.0 x 13.0
BB4567

An early 20th century Persian Malayer antique rug, the abrashed blue field with an allover flowering vine lattice containing staggered polychrome stylized palmettes within a series of cinnamon and ivory geometric floral motif stripes.

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A Persian Kirman carpet
15.4 x 10.9
BB4561

A finely-woven late 19th century Persian Kirman rug, the celadon field having a dense trellis design overall of miniature palmettes, intricate scrolling strap work and flowering vines within a lush sand palmette and leafy vinery border.

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A Persian Sultanabad rug
12.8 x 10.10
BB4559

An early 20th century antique Persian Sultanabad rug, the cocoa brown field with an overall spacious trellis of flowering vinery and enlarged palmettes within a rust stylized palmette and vinery border.

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An antique Persian Tabriz silk rug
8.9 x 5.10
BB4549

A late 19th century Persian Tabriz antique pictorial rug depicting a large-scale tree, people, cats, a monkey, a bird, a dragon, and a dog above an architectural structure, the shaded-blue field representing the sea and sky within a midnight blue palmette

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An antique Persian Meshad rug
15.9 x 14.0
BB4543

A late 19th century Persian Meshad (Meshed) antique carpet, the pale camel field with a dense herati pattern within a broad dusty rose and peach border with cusped medallions containing floral motifs.

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An antique Persian Heriz rug
11.6 x 8.3
BB4542

An early 20th century Persian Heriz antique rug, the brown field with a spacious overall trellis of enlarged serrated leaves, feathery palmettes and angular flowering vinery within an orange turtle-palmette vinery border.

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An antique Persian Sultanabad rug
11.6 x 10.7
BB4540

A late 19th century Persian Sultanabad antique carpet, the sand field covered with dramatically enlarged palmettes in blue, beige and saffron along with scattered floral devices, within a peach abstract flower head border.

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An antique Persian Sultanabad rug
17.0 x 11.5
BB4539

An early 20th century Sultanabad antique rug from West Persia, the camel field with a playful allover palmette, enlarge serrated leaf, and flowering vine trellis overall within a sage palmette and vine trellis border.

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An antique Persian Heriz rug
10.3 x 7.4
BB4536

An early 20th century Persian Heriz rug, the tan field with an overall trellis of unusual angular vines and branches and palmettes around a central enlarged flower head within a midnight blue angular vine and palmette border.

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A Persian Tehran rug
11.0 x 8.0
BB4534

A second quarter Persian Tehran rug, the sand field with a dense overall pattern of rows of staggered miniature floral bouquets separated by leaves and floral motifs within a similar border.

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A Persian Meshad Deco rug
22.3 x 11.2
BB4530

An early 20th century Persian Meshad (Meshed) modern carpet having central sea blue band that extends over the upper and lower borders with a bold vertical vine issuing thin black and white leaves diagonally on a solid oatmeal ground with a thin line defi

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An antique Persian Tabriz silk rug
9.3 x 6.4
BB4529

An early 20th century Persian Tabriz antique rug, the abrashed moss green field with an overall dramatic trellis of feathery leaves, palmettes and feathery vines with a pair of central cruciform salmon medallions within a cream palmette and vinery border.

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An antique Persian Heriz rug
11.6 x 8.5
BB4528

An early 20th century Persian Heriz carpet, the chocolate brown field with an overall trellis in beige of palmettes, feathery leaves and angular vines within an abrashed camel palmette vinery border.

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An antique Persian Tabriz rug
13.2 x 10.3
BB4519

A late 19th century Persian Tabriz antique rug, the abrashed forest green with a spacious trellis overall of enlarged palmettes, bold feathery leaves and delicate floral vinery around a central polychrome quatrefoil flower head within a brick red cartouch

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An antique Persian Sultanabad rug
16.9 x 11.3
BB4517

A late 19th century Persian Sultanabad antique carpet, the abrashed brick red field with an overall lattice of whimsical leafy vines, palmettes and flowering vines within a midnight blue palmette and serrated leaf border.

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An antique Persian Tabriz rug
13.1 x 9.4
BB4516

A late 19th century Persian Tabriz antique rug, the cinnamon field with a spacious lattice of palmettes, strap work and leafy floral vinery within a sand-colored tree and floral bouquet border.

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An antique Persian Tabriz rug
15.4 x 11.3
BB4515

An early 20th century Persian Tabriz antique rug, the midnight blue field with an overall design of rows of willow trees, decorative vases with bouquets and cypresses within a brick red enlarged herati border.

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An antique Persian Kirman rug
17.6 x 11.8
BB4514

An early 20th century Persian Kirman (Kerman) antique rug, the cream field with an allover design of cypress and blossoming trees in tan, black and indigo within a cream scrolling flowering vine border.

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An antique Persian Malayer rug
16.8 x 11.3
BB4512

An exceptional late 19th century Persian Malayer antique carpet, the striated camel field with lush floral bouquets and unusual feathery leaves in a palette of red and cream within a series of reciprocal stripes.

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An antique Persian Senneh rug
6.6 x 4.8
BB4509

A late 19th century Persian Senneh antique carpet, the abrashed midnight blue field with linear cruciform shapes with abstract flower heads staggered overall within a primitive sand floral motif border.

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An antique Persian Khorassan rug (size adjusted)
18.7 x 12.4
BB4505

An early 20th century Persian Khorassan antique carpet, the abrashed indigo blue field with a palmette, delicate floral vinery and a feathery leaf trellis overall within a caramel palmette border.

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An antique Persian Tabriz rug
18.3 x 12.8
BB4502

A late 19th century antique rug from Tabriz, Persia, the red field with a bold trellis of abstract leaves, split-leaf tendrils and flower heads linked by angular flowering vinery within a dense flowering vinery border.

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An antique Persian Meshad rug
19.5 x 11.6
BB4501

An early 20th century Persian Meshad (Meshed) rug, the abrashed light brown field with dramatic flowering vines, feathery leaves and flower heads within a series of cream and celadon floral motif stripes.

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An antique Persian Tabriz silk rug
10.6 x 7.0
BB4498

A late 19th century Persian Tabriz antique garden carpet, a pair of roundels on a field of rectangular panels containing exotic trees and animals in a palette of sand, saffron and red within a sand border with similarly whimsical trees and animals.

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A Persian Meshad rug
15.7 x 12.2
BB4497

An unusual early 20th century Persian Meshad rug having a diagonally striped field with beige and brown floral links around a central scalloped medallion with pendants containing an intricate lozenge pattern within a series of similar reciprocal stripes.

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An antique Persian Sultanabad rug
16.7 x 13.2
BB4496

A late 19th century Persian Sultanabad antique carpet, the slate blue field with a condensed overall trellis of miniature palmettes, serrated leaves, and vines within a rust polychrome palmette and vine trellis border.

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An antique Persian Tabriz rug
20.8 x 14.10
BB4493

A late 19th century Persian Tabriz antique rug, the black field with a bold trellis overall of angular vines, abstract palmettes and split leaves within a narrow red palmette border.

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An antique Persian Tabriz rug
18.2 x 12.0
BB4488

An early 20th century Persian Tabriz antique rug, the abrashed camel field with an overall design of delicate floral sprays within a dark brown scrolling vinery border.

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An antique Persian Meshad rug
7.0 x 6.2
BB4486

A late 19th century Persian Meshad (Meshed) antique rug, the oatmeal field with a trellis of enlarged palmettes and voluptuous scrolling flowering vinery within a broad pale caramel palmette and delicate flowering vinery border.

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An antique Persian Tabriz rug
13.9 x 10.3
BB4481

An early 20th century Persian Tabriz rug, the forest green field with a vase design with its spacious lattice overall of palmettes and vinery within a camel palmette and floral branch border.

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An antique Persian Tabriz carpet
17.9 x 13.2
BB4478

An early 20th century Persian Tabriz antique rug, the camel field with a nearly invisible lattice of palmette and scrolling floral vinery overall within a sand floral spray border.

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An antique Persian Tabriz rug
15.5 x 12.4
BB4477

An early 20th century Persian Tabriz antique carpet, the camel field with a lush trellis formed of feathery leaves, racemes and cloud bands within a raceme border, with an inscription cartouche at the lower edge.

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An antique Persian Kirman rug
27.10 x 21.7
BB4474

An early 20th century Southeast Persian Kirman (Kerman) antique rug, the abrashed caramel field with floral motifs overall within a lozenge lattice with each black lozenge linked by quatrefoil flower heads within a lush caramel scrolling leaf border.

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An antique Persian Malayer gallery carpet
30.5 x 13.5
BB4473

A two-toned early 20th century Persian Malayer antique gallery rug, the dark brown field with an intricate trellis overall of small lozenges and floral vinery, the sand spandrels similar, within a celadon palmette and scrolling vinery border.

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An antique Persian Tabriz carpet
12.9 x 9.6
BB4470

An early 20th century Persian Tabriz antique rug, the rust field with a playful overall trellis of swirling arabesques, cloud bands, palmettes and flowering vinery within a midnight blue palmette border.

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An antique Persian Tabriz carpet
21.9 x 13.0
BB4465

An early 20th century Persian Tabriz antique rug, the striated light brown field with staggered diamond medallions overall containing floral motifs within a similar border.

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An antique Persian Kirman rug
17.5 x 8.9
BB4459

An early 20th century Persian Kirman (Kerman) antique carpet, the celadon field with a faint abstract flower head and flowering vine trellis overall within an abrashed rust flower head an cartouche border.

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An antique Persian Tabriz carpet
15.2 x 9.8
BB4458

A late 19th century Persian Tabriz antique rug, the tan field with a subtle trellis overall of scrolling vinery, palmettes and cloud bands within a beige scrolling leafy-vinery border.

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An antique Persian Kirman rug
11.7 x 8.6
BB4454

An early 20th century Persian Kirman (Kerman) carpet, the ivory field with a polychrome condensed trellis of flowering vases, leaves and floral sprays within an ivory floral spray and vase border.

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An antique Persian Kashan carpet
15.8 x 10.0
BB4452

A late 19th century Persian Kashan antique rug, the beige field with flowering branches and delicate vinery around a central salmon cusped medallion within the sand floral vinery border.

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A Persian Meshad carpet
16.10 x 12.9
BB4450

A late 19th century Persian Meshad (Meshed) antique rug, the indigo blue field with an overall trellis of flowering vinery, palmettes and bold feathery leaves within a camel floral motif border.

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A Persian Tabriz carpet (size adjusted)
11.4 x 11.4
BB4448

An early 20th century Persian Tabriz antique rug, the caramel field with an overall lattice of palmettes and flowering vinery within an indigo palmette and vinery border.

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