Antique Persian Malayer BB8179 15'6" × 23'0" $150,000

This striking antique Persian Malayer carpet circa 1900 features a grid of multicolored geometric medallion designs with a complex border containing angular and flowering vines, flower-heads and herati patterns that completes this bold antique rug. The color palette consists of many shades of blues, beige, green, salmon, red, ivory and brown.

Antique Malayer carpets come from the city of Malayer in Iran near Hamadan and were, for the most part, created by individual weavers during the 19th and early 20th centuries.