Antique Bakshaish Carpet

19th century

Sold by Farnham Antique Carpets

Description

A rare early square size antique Bakshaish carpet dating from 1890 in great condition, with a super soft wool pile. More often Bakshaish carpets were woven in larger sizes and often with bold geometric designs, and vivid colours. Their designs can be quite abstract and nearly always comprised of a central motif which sprawls out in one large design to the corner spandrels or with a smaller medallion inside a larger medallion. Often they produced bold all over designs with large geometric palmettes like this piece.

This exquisite earlier piece however uses a more subtle geometric all over design with large stylised leaves and smaller floral designs in the centre. 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.

Woven with amazing colours, the variety of blues, greens, golds and subtle pinkish background make for a really handsome rug.

Physical Dimensions

Height

345cm (135.83")

Width

290cm (114.17")

Depth

2cm (0.79")

Declaration

Farnham Antique Carpets has dated this piece to the 1890s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA832897

Dealers Internal Reference

9895

Dealers Notes

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.

Description

A rare early square size antique Bakshaish carpet dating from 1890 in great condition, with a super soft wool pile.

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More often Bakshaish carpets were woven in larger sizes and often with bold geometric designs, and vivid colours.

Farnham Antique Carpets

Their designs can be quite abstract and nearly always comprised of a central motif which sprawls out in one large design to the corner spandrels or with a smaller medallion inside a larger medallion. Often they produced bold all over designs with large geometric palmettes like this piece.

fig 1. Antique Bakshaish carpet — fig 1. Antique Bakshaish Carpet

This exquisite earlier piece however uses a more subtle geometric all over design with large stylised leaves and smaller floral designs in the centre. 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.

Woven with amazing colours, the variety of blues, greens, golds and subtle pinkish background make for a really handsome rug.