20th Century, Handmade Wool Spanish Antique Rug, Guild Foundation, circa 1950.

Samarkand rug, Kothan design with influences of Chinese rugs and of de ancient silk road, circa 1900. - We highlight the quality of the conservation of colors. - Colors in caramel to...

Antique Classic rug, circa 1900. Measures: 1.40 x 1.65 m. - Handmade wool rug. - Of ethnic origin, this type of rugs were not made for later sale but for private use, hence the decor...

Handmade wool rug. Classic Design Garrus from city Tabriz. - Measures: 2.75 x 3.75 m. - Highlight the design of Garrus in the central field combined with curvilinear designs typica...

Classic Rug Saroug, called American Saroug due to the importation of this type of pieces for the North American market. - In this type of pieces the material has been carefully cared...

Agra rug from India, from a private collection in England at one of the most prestigious dealers in Europe. - Classic design with white background and borders on earth. The design is...

20th Century, Afshar Rug, Flowers Design over Central Field, circa 1930 Afshar Design rug of ancient origin nomadic. - Elaborated with leaves and flowers design by the central field....

Ashly Fine Rugs presents an original 26'X42" Antique Laristan Palace Rug circa 1910. This rug was custom-made for the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Corp. in 1910 the construction of the...

An absolutely phenomenal antique Turkish Oushak in predominant shades of orange and green, circa 1920. Measures: 6'4'' x 8'7''. Antique Turkish Oushak rugs have been handwoven...

A vintage Spanish rug in runner format in the style and technique of French Savonnerie rugs handmade during the mid-20th century. The design, in shades of gold decorating the dark bl...

Late 19th century antique Turkish Ghiordes rug. Ivory ground, small repetitive field surrounded by a floral red border 3' x 4'8''

A vintage Tibetan throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 1" x 5' 8" Chinese Rugs & Carpet: The craft of the hand-knotted carpet in China, and the surrounding areas including Mongolia and Tibet, extends into the early centuries of the first millennium, C.E., but we really have a firm grasp only beginning in the later 16th century with large, very coarsely woven carpets, often depicting dragons, created for the Imperial Forbidden City palaces. Chinese carpets have always been commercial and there are no tribal groups responsible for any of the carpet weaving strains. When the Ming Dynasty fell in 1644, with no Imperial patrons, production moved to the city of Ningxia in north central China where several workshops turned out more finely woven pieces for the Mandarins of the administrative Ch’ing bureaucracy and well-to-do merchants. Ningxia was the major Chinese carpet center up through most of the 19th century, with first allover and then medallion designs on cotton foundations in medium weaves. Palettes were initially limited to yellows, dark blue and cream, but later widened to include reds, browns and even green. These antiques were the first Chinese carpets to be exported to the West and they fitted in well with the craze for Chinese blue-and-white porcelain in the second half of the 19th century. Ningxia also wove shaped and rectangular small rugs for saddle underlays, chair (“throne”) seats and shaped backs, pillar carpets...

A vintage Tibetan throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 10" x 4' 8".