Ben Banayan

Baluch balisht with radiant reds and glossy wool. Silk highlights in the flatwoven ends. Cochineal used as abrash in the central geometric ... read more

Large Sistan Baluch khorjin (bagface). Very graphic with saturated natural dyes including aubergine and several green-blue hues.

Central Anatolian long rug. Fragmented and mounted. Perhaps Karapinar or Konya. Great color and wool.

small Ottoman embroidery. Probably Thrace, 19th century.

Minakhani fragment, late 18th century / circa 1800. Khorasan jufti knotted type a rare yellow ground. Worn but majestic. Size is 33'x75'

Indian fragments, Mughal era but perhaps from a Decani Carpet, circa 1700 or earlier.

white-ground Baluch balisht with a repeat 'comb' design. a strange blend of elegance and barbarism. This is a former Basha piece. There ... read more

Super colorful Bashir Central Asian / Middle Amu Darya area carpet. older than most. Worn but more or less complete with an ... read more

Very uncommon Kizyl Ayak Turkmen main carpet fragment featuring large chuval-style guls with substantive silk highlights. 17"x24"

Ancient Carpet Fragment, 3rd - 6th century. a similar fragment from perhaps the same rug is in the Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait along ... read more

Tang Dynasty silk fragment with a large composite dragon in a pearl roundel. Central China, 8th century. An unusually rendered dragon perhaps ... read more

Yomut Chuval, Former David Reuben piece published in 'Gols and Guls 2' as plate 35 with description reading... "Yomut Family Juval 72x125 (2'6"x4'1") ... read more

Baluch Rug with hexagonal tile field pattern. Very soft and pliable blanket-like handle. Poly-chromatic blue and open drawing with an abstracted animal, ... read more

South Persian Bagface, super soft lustrous wool with a great handle. Shrubs in lattice design based on classic Garden Carpet design. The ... read more

Classic Kizyl Ayak Chuval with a blank elem. Tight weave, soft wool,floppy handle, glossy sheen. Published in Hali 148 'Kizil Ayak & ... read more

East Anatolian Kurdish Rug with Memling Guls. Probably 18th century with a rich, diverse and moody color palette, exceptional wool and ... read more

Kuba pile rug with a harshang palmette design more typically seen in sumak rugs. Great color and design.

Camel-Ground Baluch Tree Rug with a central classic type Baluchi tree flanked by two more geometric tree forms and interspersed with a ... read more

Camel Ground Baluch Rug with Trees, small size, great drawing, perhaps a bit more curvilinear than most with a bite nibbled out ... read more

Very old single-wefted Veramin pile torba / mafrash. Very floppy handle that can drape around a pencil. These pieces are often stiff, ... read more

Konya Cappadocia rug fragment, 17th/18th cen. Tile design on a modulated tawny and yellow ground. great color, cool construction, obvious condition issues ... read more

large Anatolian fragment with a Caucasian Dragon Carpet design.

Tekke Chuval with Aina Guls, fine weave, silk highlights