Authentic Early 20th Century Persian Tabriz Botanic Handmade Wool Rug BB5937 11'0" × 13'4" $75,000

This circa-1920 antique Persian Tabriz rug features an all-over design of interspersed stylized floral patterns in shades of inky blue and bone white, against a field of abrashed beige. A main border containing Oriental-style floral abstractions completes the look of the antique carpet. The famous textile-manufacturing city of Tabriz, the Azerbaijani-populated province in the north west of Iran, boasts one of the oldest antique rug weaving centers in the world and produces a large variety of carpets characterized by having an especially fine knot density (indicative of high quality hand-knotted rugs). An Persian rug patterns can be made of cotton or silk and woven as a pile carpet or flat-weave. A refined palette reliant on copper tones, terracotta and ivory, with shades of blue and subtle touches of gold, green and salmon are prevalent in these carpets.