Antique Persian Rugs

Guide to Persian Kilim and Sumac Rugs and Covers: "Guide to Persian Kilim and Sumac Rugs and Covers


Afshar Weaving in 21st Century Iran
Afshar Sumac from Dr. Khosrow Sobhe. Thanks to Dr. Sobhe for a look at Afshar weaving and flatwoven rugs. Sobco International Ltd. produces some of the finest natural dye Afshari rugs.


The Afshar
Afshar Weaving in 21st Century Iran

Zarand Kerman Kilim around 1900 Lot 119

Rippon Boswell Kirman Afshar Horse Cover C. 1900

Afshar Soumak Rug early 20th century Lot 182

A Ruh Korsi Southern Persia Lot 226

Sirjan Afshar flatwoven ru-korssi,





Shahsavan Blanket early 20th c. Lot 124
The Shahsavan
The Shahsavan have remained migratory herders well into the 20th century. They are best known for their sumac and kilim bags but they also make a large assortment of flatwoven rugs, kilims, covers, ru-korsi, and palas.

The Wertime mid 19th C. Shahsevan Jajim
Persian Varamin Area Shahsevan Ru-korsi
Late 19th C. Shahsavan Kilim Lot 169 Rippon Boswell
A-Bey on eBay Shahsevan kelim
Bijar Shahsavan Kilim c. 1900 Lot 121
Shahsavan kilim late 19th c. Lot 124
Shahsavan Djadjim 2nd half 19th c. Lot 126
The Dodds Unusual Shahsavan Kilim
C. 1900 Shahsavan Djidjim Rippon Boswell Lot 90
Mianeh Shahsavan Kilim around 1900 Lot 116
A Shahsavan kilim Northwest Persia c. 1900 Lot 226
Shahsavan Blanket early 20th c. Lot 124
A Djidjim bag, Shahsavan Northwest Persia Lot 230


The Sennah Kilim
What we call a Sennah kilim is actully an Ardaiani Kordi kilim. The Ardaiani are a seperate and distinct group from the Garrusi/Bijari kurds to their east.

4 by 9 Sennah Kelim

Antique Sennah Kelim

Senneh Kelim, last quarter 19th century Lot 161

Blue Field Herati Senneh Kilim Circa 1880 lot 5


Antique Sennah Kelim



Kurd, Kordi, Kurmanji
Kurdish Djidjim late 19th c. Lot 125

Bidjar Kelim late 19th/early 20th century Lot 160

Rippon-Boswell Kurdish Kelim Early 20th lot 68

Kordi Sofreh 1st half 20th c. Lot 207


Northwest Persian
North Persian Mazandaran Flatweave Palas c. 1900 Lot 84

Northern Persian semi-antique Kilim Lot 224

Northern Persian semi-antique Kilim with stripes Lot 225

Northern Persian semi-antique "eye-dazzler" Kilim Lot 226

North Persian Kelim, dated 1901 Lot 164




The Luri
The Luri are one of the original Indo-European Persian people.

West Persian Luri Kilim Rippon Boswell Lot 92

Luri Kilim late 19th c. lot 212

C. 1900 Fars Region Lori Kilim Rippon Boswell Lot 171

Early 20th C. Veramin Lori Ru Khorssi Rippon Boswell Lot 209

A Lori Sumakh early 20th c. lot 243


Bahktiar
The Bahktiari are one of the major subgroups of the Luri.

Shooshtar (Shoshtar) Kelim




The Qashqai
Gashgai kilim early 20th c. lot 87

Qashqai Kilim late 19th c. lot 117

Darrehshuri Qashqai Kilem

A semiantique Gashgai Moj lot 241


Veramin
Persian Varamin Area Shahsevan Ru-korsi

Veramin Kilim around 1900 Lot 118

Veramin Kilim around 1900 Lot 120




The Baluch
Persian Jamshidi (?) Grain Bag 1st half 20th c

The Hsieh Baluch kilim

Old Zabol Baluch Flatwoven Rug


The Yomut
Northeast Persian Yomud Djaffabai Kilim late 19th c. Lot Nr.: 99

Sotheby's Yomut brocaded flatweave"

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Tabriz was once the center of culture and Islamic civilization

Tabriz Was Once Heart of Culture, Islamic Civilization: British Researcher

Tehran Times Culture Desk
TEHRAN (MNA) -– A British researcher says the city of Tabriz was once the center of culture and Islamic civilization.

Talking to reporters, Professor Leonard Lewison said the Azerbaijan region and the city of Tabriz during the Mongol era, until the Safavid dynasty gained suzerainty, was the center of Irano-Islamic civilization.

Participating in the commemoration ceremony of Sheikh Mahmud Shabestari in Tabriz, Lewison described citizen involvement in honoring this renowned mystic as lively and admirable. He said their participation demonstrated they were curious about their past magnificent culture.

Lewison described Shabestari’s The Mystic Rose Garden as masterfully written as other literary and Islamic philosophical works written by Hafiz, Rumi or Eraqi within the realm of Persian literature. "The Mystic Rose Garden" is the best and smallest poetic work about mysticism; Lewison noted the book was a reliable source for the mystics even after the elapse of many years

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Rug Structure: What is the Hamadan Weave?: "Rug Structure: What is the Hamadan Weave?
The Hamadan Weave is single wefted. There is one heavy weft between each row of knots and the warps lace around the wefts. "

La Miniature En Orient Plate 46: Bears: "The date that Kuhnel assigned to this piece seems to be at least 50 years too early. In this we see a style of art that developed in the 15th century and came into it's own in the sixteenth century. Comparing how the bear is drawn and the representation of leaves and floral forms I feel an attribution of Khorasan (Mashad or Sabzavar) 3rd quarter 16th century is most probable. In the picture to the left we can see proportion of the trunk and how the two main branches cross back across each other. This is a style we see in other pictures including the margin decorations of Portrait of a Seated Flautist. "

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