It  is an example of a restrained Persian style  developed for elegant homes across late 19th/early 20th century Europe and the USA. A later resurgence in demand for these great carpets has endured since the 1990s. Ziegler carpets are characterised...

Original Mamluk court carpets came from the late 15th century Mamluk Dynasty, the Cairo centred branch of the Ottoman Empire. Size: 268 x 185 cm

Ersari, woven in Afghanistan. Often these rugs are in dark red or orange-red shades that provide a warm ambience. Size: 291 x 210 cm

Handwoven in Afghanistan Abshar in Farsi means 'waterfall'. Traditionally these rugs are woven to welcome the arrival of summer, having lively and bright colours. Size: 300 x 196 cms

Ushak, India Hand spun wool, natural dyes. This rug is modelled on classic Turkish Ushak carpets but with a very modern twist. The colours are  gentle yet the design is excitingly contemporary in its interpretation of this traditional style. Size:...

Ushak, India Hand spun wool, natural dyes. This rug is modelled on classic Turkish Ushak carpets but with a very modern twist. The colours are  gentle yet the design is excitingly contemporary in its interpretation of this traditional style. Size:...

Darya, Afghanistan Contemporary designs from Afghan weavers. The wool is hand spun and dyes are all natural. Size: 291 x 197 cm

Darya, Afghanistan Contemporary designs from Afghan weavers. The wool is hand spun and dyes are all natural. Size: 288 x 202 cm

Ikat is an ancient technique in which the pattern is created before the weaving is made, by a remarkable method of resist dying in precisely demarcated lengths of yarn. These are then precisely arranged on the loom for the weaver...

‘Chob’ = natural and ‘rang’ = colour, and here are both combined with inspired designs in sumptuous colours.  This fabulous range brings together the oriental tradition and the artists instinct to break with tradition, abandoning the ‘rules’. Size: 272 x...

‘Chob’ = natural and ‘rang’ = colour, and here are both combined with inspired designs in sumptuous colours.  This fabulous range brings together the oriental tradition and the artists instinct to break with tradition, abandoning the ‘rules’. Size: 267 x...

Ushak, India Hand spun wool, natural dyes. This rug is modelled on classic Turkish Ushak carpets but with a very modern twist. The colours are  gentle yet the design is excitingly contemporary in its interpretation of this traditional style. Size:...

Ushak, India Hand spun wool, natural dyes. This rug is modelled on classic Turkish Ushak carpets but with a very modern twist. The colours are  gentle yet the design is excitingly contemporary in its interpretation of this traditional style. Size:...

Sultanabad - Iran This superb carpet is woven close to where the great 19th century Ziegler & Co. carpets were made in NW Persia. Decorative, elegant and with a quiet opulence, it has the same subtle colours as those originals, the...

Sultanabad - Iran This superb carpet is woven close to where the great 19th century Ziegler & Co. carpets were made in NW Persia. Decorative, elegant and with a quiet opulence, it has the same subtle colours as those originals, the...

Soumak rug in soft colours and of very fine quality woven by skilled Afghan weavers. The technique of soumak or sumac weaving is different from kilim weaving.   Size: 298 x 210 cm

Afghan Village Kazak Woven in Afghanistan with designs originating in the Caucasus. Typically geometric and colourful, cotton warp and weft, wool pile. Robust, practical and good quality weaving. Size: 240 x 167 cm

Woven in Afghanistan to designs originating in Kazakstan. Typically geometric and colourful, cotton warp and weft, fine lustrous wool and a high density of knots help these rugs define the intricate, ancient patterns.  Size: 246 x 166 cm  

Kurdish, NE Iran Dimensions: 284 x 153 cms  

Ushak, Azerbaijan Ushak design. Excellent quality wool and superb texture. The design is a contemporary twist on old Ottoman era carpets from the Ushak region of Western Turkey. Natural dyes, hand spun wool. Size: 477 x 323 cm

Ushak, Azerbaijan Ushak design. Excellent quality wool and superb texture. The design is a contemporary twist on old Ottoman era carpets from the Ushak region of Western Turkey. Natural dyes, hand spun wool. Size: 283 x 195 cm

Ushak, Azerbaijan Ushak design. Excellent quality wool and superb texture. The design is a contemporary twist on old Ottoman era carpets from the Ushak region of Western Turkey. Natural dyes, hand spun wool. Size: 280 x 193 cm

Ushak, Azerbaijan. Excellent quality wool and superb texture. The design is a contemporary twist on old Ottoman era carpets from the Ushak region of Western Turkey. Natural dyes, hand spun wool. Size: 386 x 282 cm

Old Shiraz, SW Iran Hand spun wool pile and hand spun warp and weft. Shiraz rugs are so called because they are woven in or near the city of Shiraz or because they are brought to the bazaar there. They...

Shiraz, SW Iran Hand spun wool pile and hand spun warp and weft. Shiraz rugs are so called because they are woven in or near the city of Shiraz or because they are brought to the bazaar there. They may...

Maslaghan Hamadan, N.W Iran Size: 260 x 143 cm  

Fine Sultanabad - Azerbaijan This superb carpet is woven close to where the great 19th century Ziegler & Co. carpets were made in NW Persia. Decorative, elegant and with a quiet opulence, it has the same subtle colours as those originals, the...

Fine Sultanabad - Azerbaijan This superb carpet is woven close to where the great 19th century Ziegler & Co. carpets were made in NW Persia. Decorative, elegant and with a quiet opulence, it has the same subtle colours as those originals, the...

Fine Sultanabad - Azerbaijan This superb carpet is woven close to where the great 19th century Ziegler & Co. carpets were made in NW Persia. Decorative, elegant and with a quiet opulence, it has the same subtle colours as those originals, the...

Fine Sultanabad - Azerbaijan This superb carpet is woven close to where the great 19th century Ziegler & Co. carpets were made in NW Persia. Decorative, elegant and with a quiet opulence, it has the same subtle colours as those originals,...

Shiraz SW Iran Shiraz rugs are woven in the villages around the city of Shiraz in the Iranian province of Fars. Designs tend to come from settled tribal weavers so they mimic Qashqai, Khamseh, Basseri, Afshar, Abadeh and Luri designs....

Gabbeh, SW Iran Thick hand woven rugs originally used as sleeping rugs by the nomads of SW Iran. Vegetable dyes and hand spun wool characterise these rugs.  The word "gabbeh" comes from the Persian گبه, meaning raw, natural, uncut.  The...

Qashqai, SW Iran  The Qashqai are one of Iran’s Nomadic tribes, still many of them travel twice a year between summer and winter pastures with their flocks. Images from the ruins of Persepolis, which over míllenia they might pass, often...

Ushak, Azerbaijan Ushak design.  Excellent quality wool and superb texture. The design is a contemporary twist on old Ottoman era carpets from the Ushak region of Western Turkey. Natural dyes, hand spun wool. Size: 333 x 190 cm

Qashqai, SW Iran  The Qashqai are one of Iran’s Nomadic tribes, still many of them travel twice a year between summer and winter pastures with their flocks. Images from the ruins of Persepolis, which over míllenia they might pass, often...

Qashqai, SW Iran  The Qashqai are one of Iran’s Nomadic tribes, still many of them travel twice a year between summer and winter pastures with their flocks. Images from the ruins of Persepolis, which over míllenia they might pass, often...

Khurjeen Carpet, Afghanistan Dimensions; 297 x 201 cms

Heriz, N.W Iran Dimensions: 334 x 239 cms

Fine Tabriz Carpet, N.W Iran A really handsome large carpet with superb colours. This was woven in the 1930s in a city workshop and regarded as important enough to have the weavers signature. Woven circa 1930 Signed workshop production. Has...

Woven with hand spun wool by women in the area around Boujaad, Central Morocco.  Size:  314 x 174 cm

We used to have rag rugs back in the 1960s. They are a staple of cottage crafts in many cultures. Some examples are a village interpretation of the Moroccan ‘Ecole des Beaus Arts, in Casablanca in the 1960s. This Boucherouite...

We used to have rag rugs back in the 1960s. They are a staple of cottage crafts in many cultures. Some examples are a village interpretation of the Moroccan ‘Ecole des Beaus Arts, in Casablanca in the 1960s. This Boucherouite...

We used to have rag rugs back in the 1960s. They are a staple of cottage crafts in many cultures. Some examples are a village interpretation of the Moroccan ‘Ecole des Beaus Arts, in Casablanca in the 1960s. This Boucherouite...

Woven with hand spun wool by women in the area around Boujaad, Central Morocco. The designs are strongly influenced by the Ecole des Beaus Art modernist movement of the 1960s and 1950s which in turn took inspiration from the Bauhaus....

Woven from hand spun wool in Taznacht, a small town between Ouarzazaat and Agadir in Southern Morocco. The designs are strongly influenced by the Ecole des Beaus Art modernist movement of the 1960s and 1950s which in turn took inspiration...

The Beni Ouarain is a tribal group of Moroccan Berbers, one of many nomadic tribes of Morocco. Beni ouarain rugs are typically plain colours with abstract lines drawn across the,. The wool is hand spun, plush and thick underfoot Exceptionally...

The Beni Ouarain is a tribal group of Moroccan Berbers, one of many nomadic tribes of Morocco. Beni ouarain rugs are typically plain colours with abstract lines drawn across the,. The wool is hand spun, plush and thick underfoot Exceptionally...

Woven with hand spun wool by women in the area around Boujaad, Central Morocco. The designs are strongly influenced by the Ecole des Beaus Art modernist movement of the 1960s and 1950s which in turn took inspiration from the Bauhaus....