Wool
Persia, c. 1950-1959
9'2" X 10'1" (2.79 m x 3.07 m)
Available: Shipping As Soon As Tomorrow
Vintage Persian Tabriz Rug, Burgundy with Rare Floral Medallion - Rug & Kilim
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- Measurements: 9'2" x 10'1" ( 2.79 m x 3.07 m )
- Categories: Vintage
- Classification: Circle/Oval/Square, Classic/Traditional, Distressed, Floral, Geometric, Medallion, Tabriz
- Material: Wool
- Origin: Persia
- SKU: 34713
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Stories from the Vintage Collection
Essays, artist dialogues, and provenance notes drawn from Rug & Kilim’s editorial desk.
A Guide to Axminster Rugs: History, Craftsmanship, and British Design Heritage
Among the most influential carpet traditions to emerge from Europe, Axminster rugs occupy a distinguished position within the history of decorative arts, architecture, and interior design. Renowned for their exceptional craftsmanship, technical innovation, and artistic sophistication, Axminster carpets represent one of Britain's most important contributions to the global history of textile design. Originating in the historic market town of Axminster in Devon, England, these carpets became synonymous with luxury, refinement, and excellence from the eighteenth century onward. Their influence extended far beyond Britain, shaping carpet production, interior decoration, and architectural furnishing throughout Europe, North America, and the wider world.
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Art Nouveau Rugs: The Intersection of Decorative Arts and Modern Design
Among the most influential artistic movements of the modern era, Art Nouveau occupies a unique place at the intersection of art, architecture, design, and craftsmanship. Emerging in Europe during the final decades of the nineteenth century, the movement sought to dissolve traditional boundaries between fine art and decorative art, creating a unified aesthetic language inspired by nature, movement, and organic beauty. Within this broader creative revolution, Art Nouveau rugs emerged as some of the most sophisticated and expressive textile works ever produced. Unlike the historical revival styles that dominated much of the nineteenth century, Art Nouveau embraced innovation. Designers looked beyond historical ornament and instead turned to the natural world for inspiration. Flowing vines, botanical forms, floral motifs, curved silhouettes, and rhythmic asymmetry became defining characteristics of the movement. Rugs created within this design philosophy transformed the role of carpets from decorative accessories into integral architectural and artistic elements.
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Deventer, KVT and the Dutch Carpet: The Workshop that Wove for Royalty
The Dutch did not look abroad for the floors of their palaces. This is a small fact with large implications. When the courts of Europe sent to Aubusson and Savonnerie for their carpets, when the very word Smyrna on a label conferred the authority of the East, the House of Orange laid beneath its ceremonial rooms a carpet woven in a river town in the eastern Netherlands, at a factory that had, with a confidence bordering on provocation, named its own street after Smyrna itself. Smyrnastraat, in Deventer. The address of the Koninklijke Vereenigde Tapijtfabrieken, and a declaration of standing made in cobblestone.
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The Persian Carpet and the Making of Modern Interior: Power, Trade and Redefining Cultural Prestige
Materials from our Books on Persian Rugs. Available at Volumes by Rug & Kilim >> By the late nineteenth century, the Persian carpet had become an essential component of the European interior. Not decorative. Structural. As Qajar Persia expanded trade relationships with Britain, France, and the United States, carpets from Tabriz, Isfahan, Kashan, Kerman, and Sultanabad entered Western markets in unprecedented numbers. This was organized production responding to foreign demand. Workshops adapted scale, palette, and composition for European rooms while maintaining Persian essence. Architecture, Empire, and the Rise of the Cultivated Room The European salon — particularly in Paris and London — required more than furniture and painting. It required cohesion, and Persian carpets provided it.
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A Guide to Chinese Art Deco
Featured above is a vintage ode to Chinese Deco styles of the 1920s exemplifying classic frames in royal blue atop a luxurious beige-brown backdrop comfortably supporting the florals in aegean blue, teal & yellow-brown tones. The light and dark spots only complement the healthy wool pile of this hand-knotted vision, making it an exemplary piece in Oriental style. The exhibition "China Through the Looking Glass," showcased at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015, provides a captivating exploration of the profound influence of Chinese aesthetics on contemporary Western fashion. The exhibition ingeniously juxtaposes traditional Chinese costumes, carpets, paintings, porcelain, and other artistic treasures with the creations of modern high-end fashion. This amalgamation of Chinese cultural artifacts and over 140 examples of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear fashion unveils the enduring impact of Chinese art and culture on the imaginative landscape of Western fashion. Renowned designers like Cristobal Balenciaga, Paul Poiret, Roberto Cavalli, Vivienne Westwood, and Yves Saint Laurent contribute to this dialogue, creating a visually rich tapestry that bridges the historical and the contemporary in the realm of fashion.
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A Glossary of Handmade Rugs and Kilims: Understanding Terms, Types and Techniques Past and Present
Referring to the art style characterized by using shape and color withdrawn from traditional repetition or realism. Abstract rugs — sometimes referred to as art rugs — capture an expressive nature that reads as a very modern style, though many abstract rugs draw inspiration from works of the same art style in the mid-century. One of the more widely known mid-century lineages of this style is abstract expressionism, named for the literal "expressionists" of the 1950s. Some of the most notable names behind this style include Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Referring to a lineage of nomadic Persian rugs (sometimes referred to as “Avsar” in the alternate spelling). Afshar rugs hail from the eponymous tribe in the region of Northeastern Iran.
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Vintage
Wool
Persia, c. 1950-1959
9'2" X 10'1" (2.79 m x 3.07 m)
$22,500
Available: Shipping as Soon as Tomorrow
Vintage Persian Tabriz Rug, Burgundy with Rare Floral Medallion - Rug & Kilim
"Working with this family-owned team has been an absolute joy. Their communication, craftsmanship, and flawless execution on our custom rugs consistently exceed expectations."
— Phoebe Howard, James Michael Howard
- Measurements: 9'2" x 10'1" ( 2.79 m x 3.07 m )
- Categories: Vintage
- Classification: Circle/Oval/Square, Classic/Traditional, Distressed, Floral, Geometric, Medallion, Tabriz
- Material: Wool
- Origin: Persia
- SKU: 34713
