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Large Room Size Antique Kashgai Carpet
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Large Room Size Antique Kashgai Carpet

1920 - 1940
Sold 19 April 2025 · Rams Head Antiques
This “Large Room Size Antique Kashgai Carpet” found a buyer.

It was listed by Rams Head Antiques. Sold pieces stay on Sellingantiques as a record of what has passed through, and the next one is rarely far away.

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This is a warm woollen Kashgai carpet dating from the early 20th Century. The handwoven carpet has a typical Kashgai design with a central lozenge set within a warm red field, stylised floral motifs throughout and also stylised horses to it. The warm color palette has faded slightly over its life and now is nicely muted, the shade to the corners of the carpet being more of a steel blue.

The carpet is in very overall with quite a deep pile and it measures 305 cms by 196 cms.

UK insured delivery is £25

Date of Manufacture

Rams Head Antiques has dated this Antique Kashgai Carpet to the 1930s.

Physical Dimensions
Height
305cm (120.08")
Width
196cm (77.17")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1137018
Dealers Notes

Rams Head Antiques is a family business based in Wolsingham in Weardale where we have had shop premises for 28 years. The shop is generally open every Saturday from 11 am till 3 pm.

You are most welcome to visit the shop but please always check to confirm we are open before travelling. We have been in the antiques trade for well over thirty years now and stock a wide and varied range of antiques and decorative items specialising in carpets and Eastern and Oriental items as well as Georgian and Victorian furniture, mirrors, oil paintings, prints, ceramics and clocks.

We can arrange worldwide delivery on all the items we have in stock, please ask for an accurate quote.

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This is a warm woollen Kashgai carpet dating from the early 20th Century.
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The handwoven carpet has a typical Kashgai design with a central lozenge set within a warm red field, stylised floral motifs throughout and also stylised horses to it.
Rams Head Antiques

The warm color palette has faded slightly over its life and now is nicely muted, the shade to the corners of the carpet being more of a steel blue.

The carpet is in very overall with quite a deep pile and it measures 305 cms by 196 cms.

UK insured delivery is £25

Date of Manufacture

Rams Head Antiques has dated this Antique Kashgai Carpet to the 1930s.

Height
305cm (120.08")
Width
196cm (77.17")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1137018
Rams Head Antiques
Rams Head Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Sep 2014
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An antique Kashgai carpet featuring a terracotta red field with central geometric diamond medallions and multicoloured tribal motifs.
Large Room Size Antique Kashgai Carpet
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An antique Kashgai carpet featuring a terracotta red field with central geometric diamond medallions and multicoloured tribal motifs.
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  • ObjectCarpets & Rugs
  • Period1920 - 1940
  • StylePersian Tribal
  • MaterialWool, Cotton
  • ColourTerracotta
  • MotifsStepped medallions, Stylized birds, Geometrical borders, Abrash colour variation
  • SizeH 305 cm (120 in) x W 196 cm (77 in)

Preservation requires regular gentle vacuuming without a beater bar, professional organic washing when necessary, and placement out of direct sunlight to prevent natural dye degradation.

An antique tribal carpet functions well as a grounding element in contemporary living spaces, contrasting cleanly against minimalist architecture or adding textural warmth to neutral-toned rooms.

Authenticity is determined by examining the irregularity of the hand-spinning, natural abrash variations in colour, the specific knotting density, structural asymmetry, and traditional tribal iconography such as stepped medallions and stylized animal figures.

These carpets are crafted using hand-spun wool for both the pile and foundation, often featuring wool warps and wefts, dyed with natural organic colourants such as madder root and indigo.

Kashgai carpets are hand-knotted rugs produced by the nomadic and semi-nomadic Kashgai confederacy of southwestern Persia, traditionally known for distinctive geometric motifs, rich madder-red fields, and exceptional wool quality.
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