Antique Bakshaish Carpet

One of the best antique Bakshaish carpets we have seen in the last 30 years, dating from 1870-1880 and in outstanding original condition, with a sublime soft wool pile all over.  Bakshaish carpets were woven in large and smaller sizes and often with bold geometric designs, and vivid colours. Their designs can be quite abstract and often comprise of a central motif which sprawls out in one large design to the corner spandrels or with a smaller medallion inside a larger medallion.

This Bakshaish however, has a wonderful all over design, using smaller abstract palmette designs in ivory and brown shades, using vines in varying shades of blue and brown tones too.  The main border is a wonderful blue, with unusual geometric motifs and scattered smaller flowers, we can see some fantastic dye change too, using lighter shades of pale blue.

Generally older pieces were more open than younger examples woven from the Heriz region in the North of Persia.  The charm and characteristics of antique carpets from this region woven in the late 19th century are simply wonderful.  A rare example of tribal weaving.

The condition of this carpet is really exceptional, the coarser weave from this type often produces a wooly pile, which is what we you will see on all the additional images.  Minimal preservation to the fringes/ends to secure them.  We love the look, design and palette of this rare early Bakshaish with great natural dyes.   It could definitely work in a traditional setting as well as a contemporary space due to the colours all over abstract design.

Book in a showroom visit by appointment or request to view this wonderful tribal Bakshaish carpet at home soon.  Or please request a home visit, we travel all over the UK showing our carpets and rugs in situ to help you select the ideal carpet for your home.

If you are an interior designer, you can request for us to reserve this carpet for your project.  You can also reserve it and arrange a home viewing or to see it at our barn showroom instead.

Farnham Antique Carpets are specialists in antique decorative carpets, rugs and runners. Varying from antique tribal rugs woven in the Caucasus to classical Persian carpets dating from the mid 19th century to the early 20th century.

As members of the BADA - The British Antique Dealers Association and LAPADA - The Association of Art & Antique Dealers we adhere to strict guide lines as affiliated members and pride ourselves on maintaining its high standards. We exhibit at the BADA fair in Chelsea, London every March and the LAPADA Fair in Mayfair, London every September.