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    Mongolian Rug, Camel and Dark Brown un-dyed animal wool on a very light blue ground. (There is no white.) Warp is very ... read more
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    Chinese Ningxia throne back with dragons. This piece has been lined with some red velvet and the crenelations around the top have ... read more
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    Chinese Rug with Dragon coiled around magic mountain reaching into the clouds. Fantastic iconography with clouds and phallic mountain jetting out of ... read more
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    Ersari or Kizyl Ayak Ensi, Very soft wool, interesting drawing, natural colors. Field madder color seems slightly corrosive, browns are un-dyed wool. ... read more
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    East Anatolian Kurdish Rug, fluffy pile, big knots, vibrant madder red, non-sulphonic natural green and blue. Nice variation on the Memling gul ... read more
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    Baluch Star Octagon Bag, certainly better than average, good age. Conserved and stabilized as can be seen from back photo.
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    East Anatolian Kurdish Rug, Great Colors, especially the purple ground, Great Wool, blue wefted with traces of brocaded ends at the bottom. ... read more
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    SOLD Colorful Kurd Saj Bulach with a white border. Good range of colors including, purple, 2-3 blues, 2 greens, pink, red, yellow, ... read more


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    Ghirlandaio Variant Bergama / Ezine West Anatolain Rug, whipped but rather classic looking.
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    Yomut Turkmen Chuval, Bold, beautifully drawn guls, delicate minors, symmetrically knotted with wool and cotton wefting. Great handle and back. some condition
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    18th Century Ottoman Fragment, West Anatolia Kiz Ghiordes / Selendi with a flayed pelt field and medallion. Areas of wear especially at ... read more
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    17th century Yellow-Ground Classical Fragment with Magnificent Flowering Plants. most likely Indian or Safavid Eastern Persian. (52"x44" / 132x112cm) There is obvious ... read more
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    Tekke Square Mat, large guls, great elem, intriguing borders, fine handle, very old. (4'1"x4'2" 123x125cm)
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    Safavid Persian Silk and Velvet Pastiche made from four different 17th century textiles. Former mfa, Boston piece, reasonably priced. (52x53cm)
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    Caucasian Blossom Carpet Fragment circa 1700 (2' x 1'1")
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    Anatolian Yatak . old, bold, graphic, backed and conserved. 58"x73"
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    Baluch white-ground rug with scorpion-like botehs and smaller botehs
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    Safavid Persian silk and metal thread textile. Former mfa, Boston piece.
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    Tekke Ensi, some silk highlights, interesting sainak formation, area of repair in bottom left border. Flashy color including a light blue and ... read more
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    Chodor Turkmen embroidered silk sleeve
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    Kerman Vase Carpet Fragment
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    Old Kuba Rug
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    Large Central Asian Middle Amu Darya Chuval
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    Baluch Minakhani Bagface, just about perfect condition.
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    19th century Uzbek or Lakai Needlepoint Belt with a Saryk border design. (49" / 124cm)
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    Colorful Moghan Rug with Memling guls (detail)
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    Central Asian Ikat fragment
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    Ladik Medallion Rug, fragmented and mounted, deep color saturation.
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    Baluch Prayer Rug, some would say Timuri, good age and color with appropriate wear. 52"x42"
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    Small Turkmen Silk Pouch with what looks like the depiction of a frog in green. The back is rather nice too. Complete ... read more
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    Tekke Turkmen embroidered band. Very fine. Very colorful with several blues, yellow, orange and insect red. Embroidered on a hand-woven green silk.
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    Tekke Turkmen embroidered strip on a deep indigo ground. Bold design accomplished with a very fine technique. 111x10cm
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    Small Turkmen Animal Ornament, embroidered with an interesting (perhaps coincidental) rendition of a Memling gul.
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    small Turkmen embroidered pouch. Probably Chodor or Yomut.
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    Chodor Turkmen embroidered head ornament. Silk floss on wool.
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    Ottoman style Algerian embroidery fragment circa 1800 or perhaps 18th century. Great color including a double dyed purple.
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    Central Asian Kyrgyz Shyrdak square. Madder red and indigo blue dyed and pieced felt.
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    Central Anatolian Karaman Medallion carpet incorporating many Northwest Persian Safavid models.
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    Antique Baluch Saddle with Birds. Not ancient but all natural colors including a deep plum ground with very soft and lush wool ... read more
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    East Anatolian Striped Kilim Chuval with central bands of sumak. Excellent almost Andean-like handle. 5'3"x3' 160x91cm
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    Central Anatolian Prayer Rug Fragment circa 1800 SOLD
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    This is a very colorful fragmentary piece of what must have been a ... read more


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    Middle Amu Darya Turkmen Gul Rug Fragment SOLD
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    Fantastic yellow and green. This is from what must have been a great ... read more


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    Small Old Tekke fragment SOLD
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    Probably from a main carpet or perhaps a torba. Large nicely drawn torba guls with great ... read more


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    Very Rare, Very Old Complete Khorosan Quchan Kurd? ( or perhaps Khorosan Afshar ? )Double Saddle Bags (Khorjin). Bagfaces are done in ... read more
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    Tekke Long Rug, All colors are good, wool is soft and there are some silk highlights. Complete but with areas of wear ... read more
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    Old Sumak with a double eagle and stars center
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    Anatolian Kilim Fragment with particularly pleasing purples. Central Anatolia, circa 1800 (2'8"x4'10") 81x147cm. All Colors Are Excellent.
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    Luscious Arab Baluch Rug with Floating Chemches. Saturated soft wool with all natural colors. Good color shift from vibrant madder red to ... read more
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