Antique Persian Khorassan (Size Adjusted) BB7233 12'4" × 18'7" $100,000

An early 20th century Persian Khorassan rug, the abrashed indigo blue field with a palmette, delicate floral vinery and a feathery leaf trellis overall within a caramel palmette border.

Khorasan consists of two words, “Khor” and “Asan,” meaning “rising sun” as befits a region on Iran’s eastern border. Bordering the Salt Desert to the west and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the east the Khorassan region (or more correctly, province) is home to many well-known Oriental Persian carpet workshops in the towns of Amoghli, Khamenei, Makhmalbaf, Saber, Zarbaf, and, of course, Meshad. With a good supply of soft wool, high quality craftsmen, a mix of larger city-based workshops, looms in smaller villages, and access to the Silk Road, Khorassan has a reputation far and wide as a source of the largest and most varied assortment of beautiful Persian antique oriental rugs and carpets.