Kurdistan rug. Persia

Mid 19th century, 224 x 117 cm, North West Persia, Kurdistan This very unusual village rug from the Bijar area, probably a one-off, is woven in a long and narrow format and surrounded by a secondary b

Mid 19th century, 499 x 97 cm, North West Persia, Kurdistan This blue-ground Kolyai long rug shows a mina khani design of impressively large scale and harmonious colours. The yellow-ground main border

Around 1900, 486 x 110 cm, Northwest Persia, Kurdistan Upper and lower finishes reduced, new overcasting along the sides, partially damaged, pile evenly low.

Fine Mansion Size Hadji Jalili Tabriz Rug, Persia, circa 1900, 17'10'' x 27'9'' (544 x 846 cm). Excellent condition. Weight: 205 lbs.

Fine Palace Size Serapi Rug, Persia, Late 19th C., with 12 poetic calligraphy inscriptions running along both sides of the interior field, and another inscription at the apex which reads, “By Or

Fine Palace Size Lavar Kerman Pictorial Rug, Persia, Late 19th C., 17'9'' x 26'4'' (541 x 803 cm). Weight: 211 lbs. Material: wool pile, cotton warp, cotton weft. Purchased from Boatman's Bank Collect

Serapi Rug, Persia, Late 19th C., 11'3'' x 15'6'' (343 x 472 cm). Weight: 78 lbs. Material: wool pile, cotton warp, cotton weft. Provenance: The Dardashti Collection.

Bidjar Rug, Persia, Late 19th C., 15'1'' x 25'10'' (460 x 787 cm). Weight: 305 lbs. Material: wool pile, wool warp, wool weft. Private Philadelphia collection. Please let us know if you would like to

Fine Bakshaish Rug, Persia, circa 1880, 11'5'' x 17'3'' (348 x 526 cm). Ex. Philadelphia Main Line estate. Weight: 80 lbs.

Fine Qashgai Rug, Persia, ca. 1900; 4 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 4 in.Provenance: John J. Collins, Newburyport, Massachusetts; A York Harbor, Maine Collector.Other Notes: Similar examples may be found in Herr

Serapi Rug, Persia, Late 19th C., 9'7'' x 11'10'' (292 x 361 cm). Weight: 49 lbs. Material: wool pile, cotton warp, cotton weft. Provenance: The Dardashti Collection.

Fine Palace Size Ferahan Sarouk Rug, Persia, Late 19th C., 14'2'' x 25'5'' (432 x 775 cm). Weight: 215 lbs. Material: wool pile, cotton warp, cotton weft.

Mansion Size Bakhtiari Rug, Persia, Ca. 1900, 17'6'' x 26'0'' (533 x 792 cm). Weight: 142 lbs. Material: wool pile, cotton warp, cotton weft.

Mansion Size Bakshaish Rug, Persia, Ca. 1900, 11'2'' x 18'11'' (340 x 577 cm). Weight: 131 lbs. Material: wool pile, cotton warp, cotton weft.

Fine Ferahan Sarouk Rug, Persia, Late 19th C., 7'0'' x 10'0'' (213 x 305 cm). Weight: 35 lbs. Material: wool pile, cotton warp, cotton weft. Provenance: The Dardashti Collection.

Sultanabad Rug, Persia, circa 1900: 11'5'' x 21'3'' (348 x 648 cm). Provenance: Doris Leslie Blau Collection of Rugs and Tapestries, Sotheby's, New York, 2002, lot 102. Weight: 101 lbs.

Mansion Size Ferahan Sarouk Rug, Persia, Ca. 1900, 11'9'' x 17'9'' (358 x 541 cm). Weight: 153 lbs. Material: wool pile, cotton warp, cotton weft.

Fine Palace Size Kashan Rug, Persia, Ca. 1910, 13'9'' x 27'7'' (419 x 841 cm). Weight: 260 lbs. Material: wool pile, cotton warp, cotton weft. Reno, Nevada estate.

Fine Bakshaish Rug, Persia, Ca. 1880, 11'9'' x 17'7'' (358 x 536 cm). Weight: 80 lbs. Wool. Provenance: The Dardashti Collection. Note: rug was professionally and quite skillfully narrowed in width.

Mansion Size Serapi Rug, Persia, Late 19th C., 12'8'' x 17'1'' (386 x 521 cm). Weight: 100 lbs. Material: wool pile, cotton warp, cotton weft. Philadelphia estate.

Fine Serapi Rug, Persia, Ca. 1875, 9'6'' x 14'1'' (290 x 429 cm). Weight: 62 lbs. Material: wool pile, cotton warp, cotton weft. Provenance: Sarai R. Thomas Crone and Dr. John T. Crone Jr., Milford, O

Serapi Rug, Persia, Ca. 1880, 11'4'' x 16'9'' (345 x 511 cm). Weight: 93 lbs. Material: wool pile, cotton warp, cotton weft. Provenance: The Dardashti Collection.

Exceptional Bakshaish Prayer Rug, Persia, ca. 1850; 7 ft. 9 in. x 5 ft. 10 in.

Fine Mansion Size Tabriz Rug, Persia, Ca. 1900, 13'11'' x 21'7'' (424 x 658 cm). Weight: 168 lbs. Material: wool pile, cotton warp, cotton weft. Provenance: The Dardashti Collection.