Syndicate contentCraig Bale

Trading in Bath for over 30 years,I am passionate about old carpets and tirelessly scour the English countryside for rare, interesting and decorative pieces with an emphasis on quality at all prices. The shop is open 6 days a week and my regular clients include collectors, dealers and decorators. Many more items are available on the Haliden website and a full cleaning, conservation and repair service in my own purpose built workshop is available

  • a fine antique Ferahan carpet of highly unusual square format. Allover Herat design woven on glowing madder field flanked by exquisite navy ... read more
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  • An antique Heriz carpet. allover large scale design woven in soft natural dyes on attractive coral ground flanked by generous sky blue ... read more
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  • a very fine antique Mahal carpet, tightly knotted large scale all over design on soft Terracotta ground framed by attractive navy borders. ... read more
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  • An antique Sinjabi Kurdish rug from North West Persia. a beautiful tribal rug with glowing natural dyes and good wool. Both decorative ... read more
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  • a very rare South West Persian Khamseh carpet fragment, super fine weave with a perfect rendition of the Mina Khani design we ... read more
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  • a fine and quite beautiful antique Ferahan carpet. Soft madder ground with large allover design flanked by wide yellow green borders. a ... read more
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  • a very fine and exceptionally beautiful antique Shekarlu tribal carpet. Typical allover field design of animal figures, serrated leaves, flowers, rosettes and ... read more
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  • a highly unusual antique Ferahan carpet with beautiful sky-blue ground and an allover design of trees. Mostly in pile, some low areas, ... read more
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  • a rare green ground Tibetan saddle top from the Wangden valley. 19th century. Very good condition.
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  • An early North West Persian Carpet with beautiful all over design on glowing red ground. This group of carpets are scarce given ... read more
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  • a good antique Caucasian Kuba Sumak carpet with extremely rare and sought after Dragon design. Finely made with crisp natural dyes. Some ... read more
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  • a fabulous early Persian Bijar Garrus carpet. This spectacular carpet features the all over split arabesque design synonymous with the town of ... read more
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  • an exceptionally fine antique Senneh carpet of unusually large size. The knotting on this example as fine as i have seen on ... read more
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  • a fine antique Qasgai tribal rug from the Fars region in South Western Persia. Super little rug, tightly knotted, with very good ... read more
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  • a very fine antique Persian Kirman carpet from the coveted workshop of Lavar. Supremely decorative and rare item, with delicate all over ... read more
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  • An Old Persian Tabriz carpet of Benlyan type. a highly decorative item with all-over palmetes and hunting animals woven in muted dyes ... read more
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  • a fabulous Bessarabian kilim carpet, super fine with an extraordinary range of natural dyes. Larger than any other of its type, signed ... read more
    price:  pricey!

  • An Old 'Maples' Ushak carpet with soft dyes and allover design in good original condition., just slight wear in places and a ... read more
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  • An antique Kolyai Kurd rug with exception dyes, beautiful green palmetes on a vivid red ground surrounded by rare yellow borders. a ... read more
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  • a fine antique Moteshem Kashan rug. Finely made with the beautiful wool and weave synonymous with the master weaver. Some corrosion/low pile, ... read more
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  • a very Fine antique Heriz Silk rug. a top flight collectable piece woven with beautiful, arabesque filled medallion on soft red ground. ... read more
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  • Old Turkish Ushak small carpet in full pile. Circa 1920. Approx. 300x200cm
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  • a pair of very fine Persian Baktiari rugs, very decorative with unusually soft dyes on rare ivory ground. Excellent original condition, very ... read more
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  • a fine antique Persian Tabriz carpet with soft colours and silky wool. a very clean carpet with even low pile, very slight ... read more
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  • a good antique French tapestry fragment. Finely made with figures playing blind mans bluff. Good all-over condition, professionally cleaned, conserved and backed ... read more
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  • a very fine little Sarouk Ferahan rug with good age in excellent original condition. 204x104cm Circa 1900.
    price:  SOLD thanks!

  • a good Heriz/Karaja carpet. Clear vegetable dyes in good original condition. a solid, clean carpet, washed and floor ready. 383x296cm. Circa 1900
    price:  SOLD

  • An antique Baluch rug, finely woven with good dyes. Even low pile, original kilim ends. Late 19th century. Not too expensive.
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  • An antique Turkish Ushak carpet. Glowing natural dyes including a particularly attractive ground colour. All over Smyrna design of grand scale. a ... read more
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  • An antique South West Persian Khamseh tribal rug. 2 medallions filled with chickens and other filler elements float on a rare cane ... read more
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  • An antique Ersari chuval with good natural dyes. Good original condition traces of slight wear/corrosion, slight losses to top and bottom. a ... read more
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  • An antique Ersari Beshir chuval face with scarce Ikat design. Good natural dyes and honest original condition with traces of slight wear ... read more
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  • Bijar Kelleh carpet, elegant allover design with a beautiful range of muted natural dyes. This very heavy, all wool carpet pre dates the ... read more
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  • Fine antique Tabriz carpet, all natural dyes, good shiny wool in decent original condition. One small low area. Circa 1900. 397x302cm
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  • a top flight Halvai Bijar rug. With its velvet-like handle, intense dyes and masterful drawing, this piece exemplifies the weavings from the ... read more
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  • a very large antique carpet from the coveted Ziegler and Co workshop in Arak. a top flight carpet of rare square proportions ... read more
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  • An antique Shekarlu Qasgai rug of unusual small size. Typical design, with a riot of colourful filler elements framed by sunburst borders. ... read more
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  • a good antique Qasgai rug with beautiful wool, good dyes and an exceptionally rare border. Excellent condition, fat greasy pile all-over, one ... read more
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  • An antique Kurdish rug with beautiful colour. full pile, one small faded repair, hand washed and floor ready. Late 19th century. 189x132cm
    price:  SOLD

  • An old Heriz rug in excellent original condition,hand washed and mothproofed. First quarter 20th century. Nice size. 189x160
    price:  SOLD

  • Beautiful Peking Dozar, circa 1900 in excellent original condition, clean and floor ready.
    price:  SOLD

  • An antique Quchan Kurd, one end missing and replaced with a bit of old Kazak! Late 19th century. Having a clear-out so ... read more
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  • a good antique Khamseh carpet of large proportion. Lots of moth damage on one side, hence great for a restorer. Now deep ... read more
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  • a very large antique Harshang design Bijar runner, mainly in good original condition but with damaged ends. Very heavy! Circa 1880. 18x3'6
    price:  SOLD

  • a very large antique Ferahan carpet, cut and worn but fixable and very pretty, circa 1870. 600x420cm
    price:  SOLD

  • Very fine antique Shirvan rug in extraordinary condition. Full pile no repairs with wonderful macramé end finishes intact. Late 19th century. 137x109cm
    price:  SOLD

  • Very pretty Peking rug in near full pile. Circa 1900.178x126
    price:  SOLD

  • Antique all wool Bijar with glorious ground colour, circa 1900. 227x149cm
    price:  SOLD