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A FINE FEREGHAN RUG OF 'HERATI' DESIGN
WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
approximately 199 x 123cm
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AN OUSHAK RUNNER
WEST TURKEY, CIRCA 1880
approximately 354 x 93cm
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AN OUSHAK CARPET WEST TURKEY, CIRCA 1880 approximately 347 x 276cm
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A MAHAL CARPET
WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1900
approximately 340 x 230cm
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A 'MOHAJARAN' SAROUK CARPET
WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1920
approximately 350 x 272cm
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A LARGE AMRITSAR CARPET NORTHERN INDIA, CIRCA 1880 approximately 662 x 460cm Provenance: Ambrose Congreve Collection, Ireland
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A KHAMSEH BAG FACE SOUTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880 approximately 72 x 51cm
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A PAIR OF HAMADAN RUGS
WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1900
each approximately 97 x 76cm
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A FINE JOSHAGHAN RUG
CENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1900
Of all-over design
approximately 202 x 134cm
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A FINE 'MISHAN' MELAYIR CARPET WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880 approximately 312 x 198cm
'Mishan' Melayirs are among the finest Persian village weavings of the 19 th century. It is rare to find an example in a room-size carpet format.
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A SWEDISH WOOL KILIM
BY JUDITH JOHANSSON , MID-20TH CENTURY
Signed J J to the border
approximately 203 x 138cm
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A SWEDISH WOOL KILIM
MID-2OTH CENTURY
approximately 228 x 158cm
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A WOOL AND METAL THREAD ALEPPO KILIM
SYRIA, CIRCA 1900
approximately 279 x 76cm
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A FINE SENNEH KILIM
WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
approximately 196 x 129cm
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AN OUSHAK CARPET WEST TURKEY, CIRCA 1880 approximately 413 x 367cm
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A WOVEN CARPET
OF 'HADJI JALILI' DESIGN
approximately 356 x 272cm
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A 'HADJI-JALILI' SILK TABRIZ RUG
NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
approximately 162 x 118cm
Hadji Jalili was one of the foremost carpet weavers of Tabriz in North-West Persia at the end of the 19 th century. Although most of his rugs were worked in wool, there are a few exceptional silk rugs.
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A KARABAGH GALLERY CARPET
CAUCASUS, MID 19TH CENTURY
approximately 435 x 177cm
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A BAKTIAR RUG
CENTRAL PERSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
approximately 192 x 127cm
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A MAHAL CARPET
OF 'MOSTAFI' DESIGN , WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1900
approximately 475 x 323cm
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A 'SERAPI' CARPET
NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1870
approximately 388 x 287cm
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A LARGE SULTANABAD CARPET
WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
Approximately 538 x 394cm
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A FINE SILK KAYSERI RUNNER
CIRCA 1970
approximately 278 x 98cm
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A SIVAS RUG
EASTERN TURKEY, CIRCA 1910
Of Persian design
approximately 190 x 130cm
Sivas in Eastern Turkey lies some 500 miles from the border with Iran. At the turn of the 20 th century, the Sivas carpet workshops were heavily influenced by Persian designs, particularly contemporaneous Tabriz carpets.
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A BOKHARA NIM-SUZANI
UZBEKISTAN, CIRCA 1870
approximately 146 x 104cm
The term 'Nim-Suzani' refers to a suzani woven in this smaller format.
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A KAZAK RUG
CAUCASUS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
approximately 249 x 134cm
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A ZAKATALA RUG
CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1890
approximately 206 x 134cm
See Anthony Hazledine, Hali Magazine 78, December/January 1994 pp. 88-93 for a discussion about this enigmatic group of Caucasian rugs.
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A CAUCASIAN FLATWOVEN CARPET
CIRCA 1900
With repeating square panels
approximately 290 x 178cm
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A FACHROLO KAZAK DESIGN PRAYER RUG
20TH CENTURY
approximately 140 x 120cm
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A 'KARAGASHLI' SHIRVAN RUG
EAST CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1880
approximately 196 x 120cm
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A LARGE 'HADJI JALILI' TABRIZ CARPET
NORTH-WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
approximately 625 x 437cm
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AN ISFAHAN CARPET
CENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1920
approximately 300 x 210cm
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AN UNUSUAL AUBUSSON PORTIERE
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Incorporating metal thread
approximately 289 x 105cm
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A LARGE 'ZIEGLER' CARPET
WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
approximately 600 x 355cm
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AN EXCEPTIONAL MAHAL CARPET
WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
approximately 355 x 263cm
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A SWEDISH WOOL KILIM
BY INGEGAARD SILOW, MID 20TH CENTURY
Signed 'I S' to border
approximately 247 x 161cm
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A VEGETABLE DYED KILIM
MODERN
approximately 172 x 122cm
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A 'BESSARABIAN' KILIM
POLTAVA, UKRAINE, CIRCA 1890
approximately 260 x 184cm
See Aaron Nejad, Hali Magazine, Issue 207, Spring 2021 for a discussion about this group of Ukrainian Kilims
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A 'HALVAI' BIDJAR HALL CARPET
WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1870
With all-over boteh design
approximately 339 x 180cm
'Halvai' Bidjars are regarded as the finest of 19 th century Bidjar weavings.
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A BIDJAR CARPET
WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
approximately 496 x 335cm
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A LAVAR KIRMAN CARPET
SOUTH-EAST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
approximately 328 x 268cm
Carpet weaving has existed in and around the city of Kirman since the Safavid period. The finest quality carpets were known to have been woven in the nearby town of Laver .
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'STRAWBERRY BUSH', AN AMERICAN HOOK RUG
LATE 19TH CENTURY
approximately 100 x 59cm
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A WOOL RUNNER
IN ARTS & CRAFTS STYLE, AFTER DESIGNS BY CFA VOYSEY, LATE 20TH CENTURY
approximately 409 x 93cm
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ANOTHER WOOL RUNNER
IN ARTS & CRAFTS STYLE, AFTER DESIGNS BY CFA VOYSEY, LATE 20TH CENTURY
approximately 450 x 95cm
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A HERIZ CARPET
NORTH WEST PERSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
approximately 325 x 240cm
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A WOVEN CARPET
OF ZIEGLER DESIGN
approximately 286 x 243cm
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A WOVEN RUG
OF ZIEGLER DESIGN
approximately 237 x 172cm
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A MOROCCAN SILK KILIM
MID 20TH CENTURY
approximately 305 x 175cm
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A RARE AND UNUSUAL BAKSHIAISH CARPET NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1860 Bid Majnun design approximately 326 x 262cm
'Bid Majnun' is often translated as 'weeping willow'
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A GABBEH RUNNER
SOUTH-WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1930
approximately 353 x 111cm
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A SHAHSAVAN WOOL JAJIM
NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1900
approximately 224 x 200cm
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