Antique Persian Meshad Rug BB7230 11'6" × 19'2" $100,000

An early 19th century Mashad Persian rug, the camel field with an expressive trellis overall of palmettes, botehs and dramatic flowering vinery within a rust linked cartouche border.

Antique Meshad rugs are ‘jufti’ knotted, a technique used in antique Khorassan carpets and Antique Persian rugs as well.

With a good supply of soft wool and high quality craftsmen, Meshad has had a reputation as one of the most prolific, creative, and highly stylized sources of beautiful Persian antique carpets making them easily identified throughout the centuries.