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ANTIQUE RUGS OF THE FUTURE PROJECT>>GALLERIES>>CLASSICAL CARPETS



"Animals" rug with star motifs (reconstruction of the 1400s (Karakoyunlu Period) Wilhelm von Bode animal motif rug from the Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)
CODE:  QQBM15
Size (metric): 92x148cm (3'0"x4'10")

Safavid Hunting scene carpet, based on the design of
the 17th century Metropolitan Museum Safavid carpet
Code: SFV02

Size: 242 x 333 cm
Size (ft): 7'11" x 10'11"


 "Holbein" Ushak rug, inspired by the historical Ushak rug with a green ground rug depicted in Bernardino Licinio's (c.1490-1549) "A Family Group"
Code: ANTHLB01
Size (m): 160x255cm
Size (ft): 5'3"x8'4"

 Historical Safavid Kashan pile rug, "Dragon & Phoenix", rewoven after four centuries
Code: SFV01

Size: 250 x 354 cm
Size (ft): 8'2" x 11'7"

Pazyryk carpet (based on the famous Pazyryk rug - the oldest known knotted carpet, preserved in a Scythian tomb (kurgan) from the 5th B.C.)
Code: PZ2708
Size: 196x203cm
Size (ft): 6'4"x6'7"

Reconstruction of the Clark Safavid Sickle Leaf, vine scroll and palmette carpet (first half 17th century-Shah Abbas Period) which is the most expensive carpet ever sold at auction ($43.8 million)
CODE: SFV05
Size (metric): 220x300cm (7'2"x9'10"
)

"Animals" rug with star motifs (Reconstruction of
the 1400s (Karakoyunlu Period) Wilhelm von Bode
animal motif rug from the Pergamonmuseum,
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)
CODE:  QQBM15-2
Size (metric): 93x160cm
Size (ft): 3'0"x5'2"

Safavid Arabesque Islimi carpet, inspired by the XVI century Safavid carpet fragment from the Austrian Museum for Art
CODE: SFV09
Size (metric): 220x300cm
Size (ft): 7'3"x9'10"

 Safavid Hunting scene carpet, based on the design of
the 17th century Metropolitan Museum Safavid Herat carpet
Code: SFV06
Size: 240 x 340 cm
Size (ft): 7'11" x 10'11"

Dragon rug, inspired by the Victoria and Albert Museum Dragon rug, inv no: 171
Code: KRDRVA06
Size: 158x206cm
Size (ft): 5'2"x6'9"

Reconstruction of the McMullan Anatolian Medallion rug from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Code: ANTMCM01
Size: 160x205cm
Size (ft): 5'2"x6'8"

 Tabriz Four Seasons Rug
Code: TFS01
Size: 203x276cm
Size (ft): 6'7"x9'0"

Reconstruction of the Berlin Museum early 16th century small pattern Holbein rug
CODE: HLB03
Size (metric): 147x214cm
Size (ft): 4'9"x7'0"

"Lotto" Ushak rug, inspired by XVI century Ushak rug depicted in Lorenzo Lotto's "The Alms of St Anthony" (1542)
CODE: LTSTA08-A
Size (metric): 139x210cm (including the kilim ends)
Size (ft): 4'6"x6'10"

Inspired by the design of a 1600s historical Safavid Kashan kilim (Textile Museum, Washington), "Dragon & Phoenix"
Code: SFV-TM06N
Size (metric): 222x297cm
Size (ft): 7'3"x9'8"

Reconstruction of the Metropolitan Museum Safavid Animals Scene carpet (Bardini/Bingham Collection)
CODE: SFV07
Size (metric): 180x235cm

Reconstruction of the early XVII century Safavid 'Shah Abbas' rug in a blue-ground with scrolling floral vines (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, McMullan Collection)
Code: SFV08-MMSHBS
Size: 155x215xm
Size (ft): 5'1"x7'0"

"Harchang" Rug, inspired by the early rug from the Heinrich Kirchheim collection ("Orient Stars" ).
CODE: AZSJB02
Size (metric): 143x286cm
Size (ft): 4'8"x9'4"

Confronted Animal Rug (Reconstruction of the 13/14th century Seljuk or Ilkhanid Period animal motif rug)
CODE:  CAMM14-9
Size (metric): 141x184cm
Size (ft): 4'7"x6'0"

Reconstruction of the XVIII century Azerbaijan 'Animal' carpet
Code: KRACX02
Size (metric): 136x207cm
Size (ft): 4'5"x6'9"

A pile rug inspired by the Textile Museum 18th century Azerbaijan silk emboidery
Code: TM-2-9
Size: 152x181cm
Size (ft): 4'11"x5'11"

Based on the XVIII century Azerbaijan 'Animal Combat' design carpet
Code: KRACX03
Size (metric): 144x210cm
Size (ft): 4'8"x6'10"

Reconstruction of a XVI century (first half) Turkish rug with a large pattern 'Holbein' design and small interlaced medallions
CODE: LPHLB02
Size: 139x210cm
Size (ft): 4'6"x6'10"

Based on the early XVII century Safavid 'Shah Abbas' rug in a blue-ground with scrolling floral vines (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, McMullan Collection)
Code: SFV12-MMSHBS
Size: 161x211cm
Size (ft): 5'3"x6'11"
Price: $1700

Karabagh Dragon rug in a dark brown ground (based on the design of the Victoria & Albert Museum Karabagh Dragon rug XVII century)
CODE: KRBDRGVA03
Size: 193x278cm
Size (ft): 6'3"x9'1"

Based on the design of the XVII century 'Vakiflar Museum Star Ushak' rug
CODE: SUV03
Size: 135x205cm
Size (ft): 4'5"x6'8"

Reconstruction of the Berlin Museum early 16th century small pattern Holbein rug
CODE: HLB04
Size (metric): 153x208cm
Size (ft): 5'0"x7'0"

Reconstruction of the XV century Batari Crivelli carpet from the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts
CODE: CVBTR02
Size: 125x165cm
Size (ft): 4'1"x5'4"

Triple arched gateway design rug with a silk base, based on the XVI century Ottoman Prayer rug from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
CODE: OTTAMET01
Size: 138x185cm
Size (ft): 4'6"x6'0"

Quatrefoil Star Ushak rug (based on the XVII century Star Ushak rug found at Divrigi Mosque)
CODE: SUDV0101
Size: 204x320cm
Size (ft): 6'8"x10'6"

Blossom rug with the alternation of dragon rug palmettes (based on the 18th century design)
CODE: KRBLSNG15-5
Size: 153x186cm
Size (ft): 5'0"x6'1"

"Dragon and Phoenix" rug, based on the 15th century Anatolian rug kept at the Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum of Berlin
Code: DPPRG15-7
Size: 112x165cm
Size (ft): 3'8"x5'4"

"Bird Ushak" rug, based on the 17th century Western Anatolian "Bird Ushak" rug in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Code: BUPHMA01
Size: 160x188cm
Size (ft): 5'2"x6'2"

"Transylvanian" small medallion rug, based on the 17th century Western Anatolian rug from the Peter Bausback Collection
Code: BWASMU02
Size: 129x145cm
Size (ft): 4'2"x4'9"

'Bellini' re-entrant prayer rug (based on the Victoria & Albert Museum re-entrant rug)
Code: BLN03M
Size: 118x137cm
Size (ft): 3'10"x4'5"

Six column / Triple arched Western Anatolian "Transylavanian" rug
Code: TRBC-TA01
Size: 137x197cm
Size (ft): 4'5"x6'5"

Chintamani / Şah-i Benek-Pelengi motif rug, inspired on the designs of the 16-17th century Western Anatolian rugs from the Bausback and Schwarzenberg Collections
Code: CHTB3005
Size: 127x150cm
Size (ft): 4'2"x5'0"

Ivory ground Harshang rug based on the design of the McMullan Harshang rug from the Metropoitan Museum
Code: METHRSH02
Size: 174x237cm
Size (ft): 5'8"x7'9"

Confronted Animal Rug (Reconstruction of the 13/14th century Seljuk or Ilkhanid Period animal motif rug
CODE:  CAMM14-6
Size (metric): 139x174cm
Size (ft): 4'6"x5'8"

Inspired by the design of a 1600s historical Safavid Kashan kilim (Textile Museum, Washington), "Dragon & Phoenix"
Code: SFV-TM05D
Size (metric): 218x304cm
Size (ft): 7'1"x9'11"

Based on the design of the XVII century 'Vakiflar Museum Star Ushak' rug
CODE: SUV04
Size: 130x194cm
Size (ft): 4'3"x6'4"

"Animals" rug with star motifs (Reconstruction of the 1400s (Karakoyunlu Period) Wilhelm von Bode animal motif rug from the Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)
CODE:  QQBM15-8
Size (metric): 96x146cm
Size (ft): 3'1"x4'9"

Pazyryk carpet (based on the famous Pazyryk rug - the oldest known knotted carpet, preserved in a Scythian tomb (kurgan) from the 5th B.C.)

Code: PZ2710
Size: 190x176cm
Size (ft): 6'2"x5'9"

"Pazyryk" carpet (based on the famous Pazyryk rug - the oldest known knotted carpet, preserved in a Scythian tomb (kurgan) from the 5th B.C.)
Code: PZ2909
Size: 190x183cm
Size (ft): 6'2"x6'0"

Azerbaijan Harshang-Afshan design rug
Code: AZSJB03
Size: 137x217cm
Size (ft): 4'5"x7'1"

Chehel Sutun Prayer rug, based on the design of a XV century "Para-Mamluk" rug kept in the Tehran Carpet Museum
Code: CHLSTN02
Size: 145x186cm
Size (ft): 4'9"x6'1"

Ivory ground Azerbaijan Harshang rug based on the design of the McMullan Harshang rug from the Metropoitan Museum
Code: METHRSH03
Size: 186x237cm
Size (ft): 6'1"x7'9"

"Marby" rug, based on the 15th century historical Turkish rug which is kept at the Museum of National Antiquities Stockholm, Sweden
Code: MRB01
Size: 118x153cm
Size (ft): 3'10"x5'0"

Yellow ground "Saujbulag" hardshang design rug
Code: AZSJB05J
Size: 142x220cm
Size (ft): 4'7"x7'2"

Based on the XVIII century Azerbaijan 'Animal Combat' design carpet
Code: KRACX04N
Size (metric): 135x190cm
Size (ft): 4'5"x6'2"

Azerbaijan Harshang-Afshan design rug on a yellow ground
Code: AZSJB05N
Size: 136x215cm
Size (ft): 4'5"x7'0"

Small pattern Holbein carpet, based on the Bruckenthal Museum small pattern Holbein carpet and Ankara Ethnographic Museum SP Holbein carpet
Code: HLBBA01
Size: 204x290cm (6'8"x9'6")

Azerbaijan prayer rug with cloudband motifs (silk highlights), based on an XVIII century design
Code: CLP02F
Size: 108x150cm
Size (ft): 3'6"x4'11"

Ivory ground Karabagh Dragon carpet (XVII century version)
Code: KRBDR10M
Size: 244x340cm
Size (ft): 8'0"x11'1"

Safavid Animal Hunting Scene carpet (Based on the XVII century Metropolitan Museum Safavid Bardini/Bingham Collection carpet)
CODE: SFV11A
Size (metric): 187x256cm
Size (ft): 6'1"x8'4"

Azerbaijan "Sunburst" rug, based on the design of a group of XVIII century Azerbaijan carpets
Code: KRBSB03A
Size: 259x342cm
Size (ft): 8'5"x11'2"

Karabagh Dragon rug in an ivory ground (based on the design of the Victoria & Albert Museum Karabagh Dragon rug XVII century)
CODE: KRBDRGVA04A
Size: 206x280cm
Size (ft): 6'9"x9'2"


Red ground Karabagh Dragon carpet (XVII century version)
Code: KRBDR11A
Size: 253x340cm
Size (ft): 8'3"x11'1"

"Bellini" double re-entrant rug (XVI century design)
Code: BLDR02A
Size: 125x175cm
Size (ft): 4'1"x5'8"

Dark blue ground Harshang-Afshan design Azerbaijan carpet (based on the design of the McMullan Harshang rug from the Metropoitan Museum)
Code: METHRSH04M
Size: 214x294cm
Size (ft): 7'0"x9'7"

A prayer rug based on the design of the 13th century Seljuk rug fragment kept at Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Code: SLJ685-2
Size: 109x150cm
Size (ft): 3'6"x4'11"

Azerbaijan prayer rug with cloudband motifs (silk highlights), based on an XVIII century design
Code: CLP03J
Size: 106x144cm
Size (ft): 3'5"x4'9"
   

 

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