Antique Persian Tabriz Botanic Blue Red Beige Handmade Wool Carpet

An early 20th century antique Persian Tabriz rug, the midnight blue field with a palmette, rosette, flowering vine trellis overall, within a midnight blue border of brick red and light blue connected cartouches.

In Persia, each region, and sub-region, has its own unique design iconography that has been handed down from one generation to the next ensuring that each is distinct and special despite a basic commonality of construction. The type of material used, the method of tying knots and the density of knots per inch, combined with specific design schemes all give a unique cultural fingerprint to each carpet or rug dealers. These distinctions make the search for an antique Persian rug an exciting romp through Persian culture and history. Antique Persian carpets and vintage Persian carpets, among all the antique Oriental rugs available, are notable for their wide variety of styles. Whatever you are looking for from room-size rugs to antique area rugs, there is an antique, oriental or vintage rug to suit your taste. When you are in the market for an Persian rug you are not merely searching out old Persian carpets or just any antique silk rugs.