Vintage Persian Tabriz Brown Hand Knotted Wool Rug BB5589 12'10" × 17'3" $110,000

A finely-woven early 20th century Persian Tabriz carpet, the light brown field with an dense overall design of palmettes and flowering vinery in a palette of beige and ivory within a sage stylized palmette border.

Some feature medallions, hunting scenes, flowers, and gardens Others prayer and pictorial antique rugs interpreted in a curvilinear manner. An antique Tabriz 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 antique Persian Tabriz rugs. Some extremely luxurious antique Tabriz rugs and carpets were woven in silk. Haji Jalili, master weaver of the Qajar era is renowned for producing some of the most superlative oriental Tabriz Persian carpets. Within the span of nineteenth century decorative arts, it is still generally acknowledged that the finest antique Tabriz carpets and rugs are unsurpassed for both quality and beauty.