Kilim with Weft-Wrapping

Three Flat-Weave Kilim or Nomadic Bag Faceswool, with weft-wrapping (soumak) technique, each with bands of hooked, horned, and geometric motifs in blues, dark reds, white, and dark yellow, one with ho

Rare Ceremonial Pua Sungkit (ulu ai), hand spun cotton, supplementary weft wrapping, Iban People, Borneo, late 19th/early 20th c. Such textiles played an important role in headhunting ceremonies. The

Bedding bag/cargo bag known as "besik" or "mafrash", red, blue, green and yellow wool and white cotton weft wrapping on red, blue, brown and green plain weave wool. Shah-sevan, Iran or Azerbaijan, 3rd

Bedding bag/cargo bag known as "besik" or "mafrash", red, blue, green and yellow wool and white cotton weft wrapping on red, blue, brown and green plain weave wool. Shah-sevan, Iran or Azerbaijan, 3rd

Double Heybe Saddle Bag with Metallic Threadswool, copper & brass coated cotton, c. 1880, Reyhanli (Southern Anatolia); slit-tapestry construction with weft-wrapping, the faces featuring large central

Flat-Weave Area Rugwool, the red field with blue zig zag edges, the main border with weft-wrapping (soumak) technique of gridded diamond motifs within minor borders, one end with multiple horizontal b

Two Flat-Weave Soumak Area Rugswool, brown wool warp, with weft-wrapping (soumak) technique, each with brown center panel with hooked motifs in red and blue, within multiple red and blue reciprocal bo

A Fragment of Chancay Veil: Frogs, Central Coat, Peru, Late Intermediate Period, 1110-1470 CE Chancay White cotton in space warp and weft mesh fabric in full-turn gauze with weft-wrapping, knotted wef

3 Antique Persian Bakhtiari & Shahsavan Saltbags, kilim, weft face embroidery and sumak weaves, early 20th c. Largest: 23'' x 18'' (58 x 46 cm).

Yomut Main Carpet 280 x 202 cm (9' 2" x 6' 8") Turkmenistan, late 19th century Condition: very good, full pile, one small repair in the upper kilim Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool

Moroccan Wool and Silk Rug: 5' x 9'8" (152 x 295 cm), weft brocade kilim weave, 20th c.

Isfahan signed Serafian 243 x 156 cm (8' x 5' 1") Persia, ca. 1960 Condition: very good, full pile, minor signs of use at lower kilim end Warp: silk, weft: silk, pile: wool

Large Khamseh 322 x 201 cm (10' 7" x 6' 7") Persia, ca. 1900 Condition: very good, full pile, signs of use at both kilim ends Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool

Small Ersari Main Carpet 202 x 141 cm (6' 8" x 4' 8") Turkmenistan, late 19th century Condition: very good, good pile, two small holes in upper kilim end Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool

Silk Tabriz 200 x 147 cm (6' 7" x 4' 10") Persia, ca. 1950 Condition: very good, full pile, minor signs of use at kilim ends Warp: silk, weft: silk, pile: silk

Kashan Pictorial Rug signed "Nezam Afsari" 119 x 110 cm (3' 11" x 3' 7") Persia, ca. 1970 Condition: very good, full pile, minor signs of use at lower kilim end Warp: cotton, weft: cotton, pile: wool

Khamseh 280 x 169 cm (9' 2" x 5' 7") Persia, late 19th century Condition: good, low pile, scattered small repairs, signs of use at kilim ends Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool

Ersari Main Carpet 348 x 290 cm (11' 5" x 9' 6") Turkmenistan, early 20th century Condition: good, mostly good pile, one repair in the center and in the upper kilim end Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: w

Silk Ghom Rug 206 x 136 cm (6' 9" x 4' 6") Persia, ca. 1970 Condition: very good, full pile, minor signs of use at the kilim ends Warp: silk, weft: silk, pile: silk

Silk Ghom 165 x 109 cm (5' 5" x 3' 7") Persia, ca. 1970 Condition: very good, full pile, slight signs of use at the kilim ends Warp: silk, weft: silk, pile: silk

Signed Kashan 218 x 127 cm (7' 2" x 4' 2") Persia, ca. 1960 Condition: very good, full pile, signs of use at upper kilim end Warp: cotton, weft: cotton, pile: wool

Baluch Timuri Rug 240 x 137 cm (7' 10" x 4' 6") Persia, early 20th century Condition: good, low pile in places, partially corroded brown, signs of use at both kilim ends Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile:

Shekarloo Rug 315 x 175 cm (10' 4" x 5' 9") Persia, late 19th century Condition: very good, good pile, lower kilim end incomplete Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool

Beshir 258 x 141 cm (8' 6" x 4' 8") Turkmenistan, second half 19th century Condition: very good, scattered low pile, minor small repairs, original kilim ends remaining Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wo