A Kurdish Rug

A Kurdish Rug, Caucasian, late 19th C. A very tribal rug, probably woven by Kurdish hands in the Azerbaijan area. The field contains two bold serrated diamond medallions surrounded by a plethora of nave filler elements. Unique three border surround, all in the classic butterfly composition so favoured by Kurdish weavers.
6 ft 3 in by 3 ft 7 in

A Kurdish Rug, East Anatolian, early 20th C. An Anatolian Yuruk nomadic Kurdish rug, probably from Eastern Anatolia headed down towards Iraq, south of Van. Outstanding fleecy high mountain wool and all mellow dyes. Comprises two central diamond medallions partitioned by a horizontal separating bar. Each central medallion is, in turn, surrounded by four smaller lozengic medallions and geometric square shapes. The major border is on a beautiful yellow ground overlaid with simple quartered diamonds. 5 ft 6 in by 3 ft 8 in

A Kurdish Rug, Northeastern Persia, late 19th C to early 20th C. At first sight, this example may appear to be a classic east Anatolian Yuruk rug, but on closer examination of the quality of the weave and borders, this is more likely a Quchan region rug from Northeastern Persia. Beautiful mountain wool, mellow dyes and a truly naive composition of belled lozenges. Double borders, somewhat unusual, comprising double headed birds, or a juxtaposed running dog border system going in both directions. 6 ft 4 in by 5 ft 2 in

A Kurdish Rug, Northwest Persia, circa late 19th C. An old fragmentary rug with a very tribal composition and feel. The rug has variations of botehs and some other very interesting geometric symbols and designs. An unusual wide barber pole outer border. The handle is nice and floppy. One very endearing feature is that the rug is naturally misshapen like many rugs from nomadic tribes. 7 ft 4 in by 3 ft 10 in

A Kurdish Rug, Northwest Persia, late 19th C. A very attractive Kurdish long rug with a clear Caucasian influence. Probably woven by Kurds of the Southern Caucases or Northern Iran. The field is filled with shields, flowers, bushes and abstract animal figures. Oxidation of the brown field colour vividly sets off the three dimensional colourful iconography across the rug. Yellow major border circumscribed by the classic mountain peak minor.
8 ft 5 in by 3 ft 3 in

A Kurdish Rug, Northwest Persia, late 19th C, filled with geometricized paisley botehs, likening little huts with spiraling smoking chimneys. Oxidized brown field. Beautiful filler elements including four human figures.
5 ft 9 in by 3 ft 9 in

A Kurdish Rug, Northwest Persia, late 19th C. A very colourful rug with the central field on an abrashed blue ground, filled with rows of abstracted botehs. An unusual main border filled with crabs in stacked octagon frames the central field composition. A large range of vivid colours across the rug, primarily in the multiple border system. 9 ft 1 in by 4 ft 2 in

A Kurdish Rug, probably Northwest Persia, late 19th C. An abrashed red ground Kurdish rug, the field is covered with vertical sprigs of flowers in alternating rows of left and right. An unusual and rare composition that may also be attributed to the Genje region of the Southern Caucasus. A beautiful mixed light and dark blue border filled with bars and eight pointed stars forms the outer guard. The inner main white ground border has an unusual barber-pole variant design including flattened lozenges flanked with running dog stripes on either end. 9 ft 8 in by 4 ft 4 in

A Kurdish Rug, East Anatolia, late 19th C. A very primitive and folky Kurdish rug from the Caucasian Moghan steppes. Thick lustrous pile throughout. Elongated and stylized Memling guls (named after the famous Flemish painter Hans Memling) filled with highly abstracted eight pointed stars. Multiple narrow borders with a prominent barber-pole major and mixed trefoil minors. 11 ft 2 in by 4 ft

A Kurdish Rug, probably East Anatolian, late 19th C. A mysterious rug with a large scale and rather offbeat and beautiful Mina Khani design. The rug also has some characteristics of the Quchan rugs from Northeastern Persia. 7 ft 7 in by 3 ft 10 in

A Kurdish Rug, late 19th C. A mysterious rug, probably Kurdish, from the Quchan or Khorasan district of Northeast Persia. Certain aspects of this rug, including the plainweave ends with decoration in extra weft wrapping, suggest that this may be the work of an Afshar group in Khorasan; the structure, an all wool foundation with reddish brown wefts and symmetric knotting, as well as the Turkmen motifs, might also indicate a West Persian -East Anatolian origin. Beautiful guls, surrounded by a so called major Akstafa border and one double headed birds or ramhorns minor border. 6 ft 10 in by 4 ft 10 in

A Kurdish Rug, Karabagh or Moghan, South Caucasus, late 19th C. A beautiful rug, the field is lined with diagonal rows of lozenges, or what are sometimes referred to as bottlebrush diamonds. Two equal width borders frame the field, one filled with with the classic leaf-and-calyx icons, and the other with eight-pointed stars. The weaver has added a special dose of charm by putting in an extra random border containing quartered diamonds along the top end of the rug. 9 ft 2 in by 3 ft 10 in

A Kurdish Rug, Northeastern Persia, early 20th C. A really spontaneous Kurdish rug, likely from the Quchan area of Northeastern Persia. The field has three polygonic star medallions in the central axis, surrounded by a plethora of animal life, including camels, goats and sheep. A very simple single border with stacked tuning forks. 7 ft 5 in by 3 ft 8 in