Vintage Samarkand (Khotan) Rug BB5264 7'0" × 12'1" $25,000

This circa-1880 vintage Khotan Samarkand rug features a unique design of three large centered circular shapes containing geometric and floral abstractions in rust against a patterned dark blue field. Multiple geometric borders complete the look of the vintage carpet. The vintage Oriental carpets from Kashgar, Yarkand and Khotan in the Chinese occupied Autonomous Region of Sikiang are collectively known as Samarkands – lands of arid steppes, deserts and mountain ranges traversed for thousands of years by caravans of merchants and traders from China to Western Europe along the Silk Route.

Antique rugs nyc from this region are typically rendered in a glossy wool, occasionally embellished with richly brocaded silk and metal-thread. Unlike Persian beautiful rugs with their reds and blues, Samarkand carpets have soft colors with startling additions: magenta with acid green, peachy beige with brown, saffron yellow with lacquer red, bone with brown or slate blue.