Antique Persian Tabriz Botanic Handmade Wool Rug BB8527 11'0" × 17'6" $80,000

An early 20th century Persian Tabriz rug, the persimmon field with a trellis overall of enlarged stylized palmettes, flowering vinery and vases issuing bouquets within a slate blue palmette and leafy vinery border.

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 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 rugs. Within the span of nineteenth century decorative arts, it is still generally acknowledged that the finest antique Tabriz carpets and Persian rugs runner are unsurpassed for both quality and beauty.