Image: MOHTASHAM KASHAN GARDEN RUG, Central Persian, 4' 6" x 6' 0", 137cm x 183cm, Circa 1850. Image courtesy of Claremont Rug Company. Image above: CAUCASIAN SEICHUR KUBA, Northeast Caucasus, 3' 2" x 4' 6", 97cm x 137cm, Circa 1825. Image courtesy of Claremont Rug Company.
Representing room-sized floral carpets are a Laver Kirman, circa 1800; a singular Tabriz, circa 1825; and a Garden of Paradise Dorasht with staggeringly diverse fauna and flora. Two camel hair Bakshaish–one with a rare split-palmette design and the other a repeating lion pattern–and a 175-year-old Serapi are among the examples of room-sized village carpets sold last year.
Image: CAUCASIAN DERBEND, Northeast Caucasian, 4' 5" x 8' 6", 135cm x 259cm, Circa 1850. Image courtesy of Claremont Rug Company.
Claremont president and founder Jan David Winitz, who organised the exhibition, commented: 'This year we were fortune to be able to offer particularly extraordinary examples from a wide range of weaving traditions and our clients' ability to discern this reflects a tremendous maturity.' Mr. Winitz has also created 'The Oriental Rug Market Pyramid,' a 6-tier method for demystifying today's myriad offerings, and 'The Nine-Point Methodology' to support shoppers in determining at which level they wish to become active and how to recognise the extremely rare from the commonly found.
Find out more and see this extraordinary online display:
www.claremontrug.com/antique-oriental-rugs-carpets