From Gujerat, NW India. This gorgeous yellow cotton cover employs mirror work and silk pulkari stitching. Silk and glass on cotton. Mid/early 20th century. Condition is very good, with some minor blemishes consistent with age, per images. Mirrorwork is also...

A finely woven Belouch rug with a lovely soft red field decorated like a Persian garden, with birds and plants formed into a subtly flowing pattern. The white ground border nicely 'frames' the field. Size: 180 x 109 cm Origin:...

A finely woven Belouch rug. The warm terracotta central field is covered in small birds  and green peacocks, among stylised flowers. See also the 'ram's horn' motifs often seen in Perepedil rugs from the Caucasus also in some kilims from...

A very finely woven rug. Here is all the charm of the Persian garden, so beloved by Iranians. Aming an array of flowers and trees, you can see peacocks, sheep or camels (you decide), chickens and all worked with lovely...

Camel Net Repairs needed. Condition includes breaks to netting. Repairable, few parts missing. Trappings include bands to secure saddles, head bands to anchor reigns and mouth bits, blankets as what we call a saddle and many other applications. For horses,...

Horse chest band, Luri Trappings include bands to secure saddles, head bands to anchor reigns and mouth bits, blankets as what we call a saddle and many other applications. For horses, mules, donkeys and camels, both functional and decorative, they're...

Horse chest band, Luri Trappings include bands to secure saddles, head bands to anchor reigns and mouth bits, blankets as what we call a saddle and many other applications. For horses, mules, donkeys and camels, both functional and decorative, they're...

Farshi Navar, Luri tribes of W and SW Iran. Early/mid 20th century. Trappings include bands to secure saddles, head bands to anchor reigns and ‘bits’, blankets as what we call a saddle and many other applications. For horses, mules, donkeys...

From Gujerat, NW India. This lovely, brightly coloured cover employs mirror work, applique and silk pulkari stitching. Silk, cotton and glass on cotton. Mid/early 20th century. Condition is fair with some loss consistent and staining. Size: 68 x 68 cms...

From Gujerat, NW India. This cover employs mirror work and silk pulkari stitching. Silk and glass on cotton. Mid/early 20th century. Condition is fair with some minor fading and loss consistent with age and use. Mirrorwork is also known as...

Fine wool kilim Fragment on backing,  Central Anatolian Turkey, Circa late 19th - early 20th Century Size: 178 X 84 cms Backing size: 198 x 98 cms

Baktiari, SW Iran Made with undyed variously coloured wools. A contemporary look but in fact it is an authentic, original kilim from the Baktiari of Chahar Mahal tribal weavers. Size: 183 x 156 cm

Cicim Obruk Kilim Anatolia, Turkey rich natural dyes with a kilim weave . Size: 164 x 99 cms

Jijim, Anatolia Vintage, mid century The face and back of a large bag, now opened into one piece. The decorative area is woven in jijim technique with good, natural dyes. The 'back' kilim section, with its lovely abrash (variations in...

Jijim First half of the 20th century Very nice broad pattern jajim from NW Iran. These covers are made from narrow strips woven on narrow ground looms by nomadic and village weavers. They are stitched together to form the desired...

Kirsehir prayer rug, Kirsehir, Central Anatolia, Turkey. 1st half 20th century.  Good quality weaving with excellent lustrous wool and rich natural dyes. Though missing the outer 'guard stripes' at the ends, this rug, with its wonderful colours, deserves to be...

Very fine Cicim Sarrayona c 1950s Konya, Turkey rich natural dyes with a kilim weave . Size:171 x 126 cms

Mut cicim kilim, Turkey Mid 20th century Size: 108 x 91 cms

Cicim Konya Yastik, Obruk, Turkey c1930s Yastik are the decorative faces of large bags or grain sacks commonly found in Anatolia up to the 1970s. Once the bag, perhaps its backing first, becomes too worn, the front may be cut off, neatly...

Bed cover or wall hanging. Jaipur, India A masterful creation by skilled needle workers. Applique work with many fragments of old textiles and costume pieces. 240 x 180 cms

Vintage Uzbek ceremonial horse blank Size: 175 x 142 cms

Sivrihisar Kilim Fragment, Anatolian Turkey, Circa Mid 20th Century Size: 371 x 84 cm

This 'chigh' or reed screen was found by our friend and agent in Iran, Abbas Rahimi (see Nomads News), in Sanjav village in Western Iran. Reed screens rarely last more than a few decades in use but this one is...

Made by the Rabari caste of Shepherds, Kutch province, Gujerat. West India 173 x 87 cms