age : pre 1900 – Page 3 – HEIRLOOM

SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN: WEAVING A FUTURE currently on view in our gallery

18th century Central Anatolia This piece captures moments of the field, main border and the skirt lappets. All of the components necessary to envision how the piece would appear in it's original glory. The wonderful and stunning tones have survived over 200 years and still feel electric. It features the characteristic yellows, purples and blues characteristic of central Anatolia not to mention a great red and highly desirable green! it's aesthetic impact. A great study piece with visual power.

18th Century Central Anatolian Fragment - 3’3 x 4’8

This Lori rug was handwoven during the late 19th century. It features a lovely diamond lattice design which both well executed but also with the right amount of wonkiness to give it some personality. Rendered in lush wool an a vibrant red, blue, yellow and green with brown and ivory accents. The main border of

Kurdish Lattice Rug - 3’8 x 7’5

Early Sarkoy Kilim Fragment - 1'4 x 4'

Early Sarkoy Kilim Fragment - 1'4 x 4'

This Shahsavan rug was during the 19th century. The octagons and ground are full of various protection symbols, flora and fauna and geometric shapes. Framed by a main border of talish rosettes on an ivory ground that is flanked by bent ribbon minor borders. Excellent use of color and contrast give the border wonderful movement and dimension. The shahsavan are mostly known for their bags and flatweaves.quite rare and collectible.

19th Century Shahsavan Rug - 5'4 x 10'5

bunches of grapes, leaves and various floral forms on an open brown/black ground. blossoming vines that meander around the perimeter on a canary yellow ground. It is woven in a curvilinear style that utilizes so-called

19th Century Ukrainian Tapestry - 6'6 x 10'2

19th century Phulkari is a tradition of folk embroidery from the Punjab region that encompasses both India and Pakistan. This Phulkari was crafted in four strips and composed of ivory and gold silken thread atop terracotta dyed cotton.

19th Century Phulkari - 4'7 x 7'10

This grand scale antique Bidjar carpet features the evocative Bid Majnun design a poetic and symbolic layout named for the weeping branches of the trees and reminiscent of the legendary figure Majnun in Persian literature. The rare ivory ground provides a luminous backdrop for a striking garden composition, filled with stylized willows, cypresses, and flowering shrubs rendered in rich natural dyes.

Large Bid Majnoun Bidjar Rug - 9'5 x 15'

This Antique Serapi Rug features the classic Heriz layout with a graphic geometric central medallion. Great quality 19th-century Heriz rugs are often referred to as Serapi. Serapi patterning like what is exhibited here is often looser and freer than most later Heriz rugs. Serapis also have a softer palette and can include some unexpected tones. A soft and balanced palette of soft brick, coral, powder blue, wheat, and coral contrasts well against ivory and deep navy.

Antique Serapi Rug - 10'3 x 13'1

rajasthan It features various naturalistic floral motifs and squares that are made with hand drawn mordant and resist dyed cotton. In various reds and purples with sage, dutch orange and most notably a neon pink. These pieces are referred to as Jajam and often made as part of a dowry. They are used for honored guests or communally as a seat for village council members when making social and judicial decisions.

Antique Block Printed Jajam - 5'9 x 8'5

This Hadji Jalili Hunting Tabriz features a classic hunting motif against a backdrop of scrolling arabesques on a desirable burnt orange ground that is highly characteristic of Hadji Jalili weaving. The arabesque grows from central palmettes sprouting leaves and floral forms while providing a lush landscape for various animals to frolic. The animals are rendered in pairs with the most prominent showcasing lions hunting deer near the bottom.

Hajji Jalili Hunting Tabriz - 4'7 x 6'

Sauj Bulagh woven by Kurds during the early 19th century. Sauj Bulaq, proto-kurdish Mahabad. lustrous wool, saturated tones, blend traditional Kurdish motifs with classical Safavid era. classical

Early 19th Century Sauj Bulag - 4'7 x 8'3

This Karabagh runner was woven in the south Caucasus by Armenians during the late 19th century. It features an all over herati design pattern in blues, greens, reds, pinks, yellow and ivory on a chocolate ground. The ground has oxidized adding dimensionality to the piece. Framed by a inner laleh abbasi border and three outer borders of scrolling rosettes on exceptional blue and yellow grounds.

Antique Karabagh Runner - 3'1 x 13'4

rug woven in the Karabagh region of the South Caucasus during the late 19th century. pattern of energetic palmettes that alternate between icey blue and magenta small rosettes scattered about like a field of colorful wildflowers. Karabagh weaving and achieved with cochineal, an insect derived dye. stepped polygon shaped rosettes in a wild array of tones including oranges, greens, pinks, blues, yellow and brown atop a bright ivory ground

Colorful Talish Runner - 3'4 x 8'9

Classical prayer rug format hybridized with other Caucasian elements and weaving style.

Armenian Prayer Rug - 3' x 5'1

This Oushak was handwoven during the 19th century in Western Anatolia. This elegant rug features a simple yet dramatic asymmetric design of curling vines, palmettes and abstracted fantastic creatures. A well spaced large scale field patter with a limited palette of a rich royal red and two tones soft blue framed by a thin border.

Antique Oushak Rug - 5' x 7'10

It features a field of red and blue stepped polygons and small brown triangles in various on a bright ivory ground. The ivory field is framed by jagged zigzags around the perimeter and finished with thick bands of blue and red on the sides and ends respectively. May have been made as one side of a saddle bag. A small but impactful piece.

Antique Kuba Kilim - 1'11 x 2'1

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