Antique Sivas Carpet

1900 - 1920

Sold by Farnham Antique Carpets

Description

A delightful pale Sivas carpet from the early 20th century, with muted pinks, peach tones, light pale blues and greens. Wonderful gentle design with nice symmetry, Paisley design in the border is very beautiful too. In fabulous condition, with a great soft wool pile over this antique carpet, very easy to place in a drawing room, study or bedroom.

We will always happily show our antique carpets and rugs in-situ, travelling all over the UK helping private customers and interior designers find the perfect one.

Please contact us to request a home visit to see this lovely antique Sivas carpet at home soon, you can select a suitable day and time via our website.

Sivas carpets were often commissioned for the Western market, using elegant curvilinear designs from Persian rugs and intricate floral motifs combined with wide borders with repeating cartouche designs. This design variation can also be seen on Tabriz carpets, a wonderful muted carpet that have a lot of decorative appeal and are ideal to furnish around. Generally their palette is very soft and the wool used of good quality and soft under foot.

Physical Dimensions

Height

352cm (138.58")

Width

254cm (100.00")

Depth

2cm (0.79")

Declaration

Farnham Antique Carpets has dated this piece to the 1910s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA894957

Dealers Internal Reference

9516

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.

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In fabulous condition, with a great soft wool pile over this antique carpet, very easy to place in a drawing room, study or bedroom.

Farnham Antique Carpets

fig 1. Antique Sivas carpet — fig 1. Antique Sivas Carpet

We will always happily show our antique carpets and rugs in-situ, travelling all over the UK helping private customers and interior designers find the perfect one.

Please contact us to request a home visit to see this lovely antique Sivas carpet at home soon, you can select a suitable day and time via our website.

fig 2. Antique Sivas carpet — fig 2. Antique Sivas Carpet

Sivas carpets were often commissioned for the Western market, using elegant curvilinear designs from Persian rugs and intricate floral motifs combined with wide borders with repeating cartouche designs. This design variation can also be seen on Tabriz carpets, a wonderful muted carpet that have a lot of decorative appeal and are ideal to furnish around. Generally their palette is very soft and the wool used of good quality and soft under foot.