Ben Banayan

Jaf Kurd bag face, thick, soft, lustrous wool, good condition

Colorful Coptic textile fragment

Late Antique Egyptian Coptic textile fragment part of a tunic with a portion of the collar preserved.

Shahsevan reverse sumak panel,Hashtrud Miyaneh region. Nice older example with two blues, two refs, two purples, etc. missing one border

Worn and whipped and very rare red-ground Timuri type Baluch rug with a Saryk border. Madder red ground with cochineal highlights. Squarish ... read more

Northwest Persian Kurdish bagface. Fantastic saturated colors against a slightly corrosive slate-green ground. Amazing wool. Super yummy.

Very graphic camel ground Baluch rug with unusual geometric botehs arranged in a subtle but sophisticated repeat, creating diagonal negative space that ... read more

Large square Jaf Kurd bag, slightly unusual layout with a particularly good white s narrow border. 3'5"x2'10"

Northwest Persian Kurdish fragment

Shahsevan sumak bag face. Very nice greens, wonky tribal shape. Size is 17"x20"

Northwest Persian Kurdish bag face with shrubs. Vibrant natural color and good condition. 31"x26"

Baluch prayer rug, dark and mysterious with super glossy wool. Very unusual design variant. Exceptionally nice flatwoven ends.

Purple ground Baluch bag face with cotton white pile. Former James Douglas Collection

Timuri type Baluch rug with 'scorpion' boteh field and a border more typically seen in flat weaves. Very moody. Larger than most ... read more

Baluch Sistan bag face with a Mushwani design. Full pile with sumak and kilim at the bottom end. Highlights in the center ... read more

Ladik border fragment, likely 18th century

a fine Arab Baluch bag face with silk highlights

Oldest of this type around. Large Kizyl Ayak Turkmen chuval, great weave, floppy handle, beautiful spacing, and rich saturated colors. a portion ... read more

An early (Jufti knotted type) Herat / Khorasan pastiche carpet, reduced in length. Safavid era, circa 1600. a later version of this ... read more

Balkan / Macedonian? silk embroidered pair of bands. Possibly cuffs or sections from a bridal pillow. Fantastic saturated natural color. Fascinating drawing. ... read more

18th century Ionian Greek island embroidery, section of a cuff with an Italianate oak leaf and acorn meander. Probably Ionian Islands, Corfu? or ... read more

Baluch shrubs in lattice bag, nice and diverse color, dark weft, larger size than most (30"x24").There are a few knots on blue ... read more

Tibetan square with a diamond design, 19th century, tie-dyed textile strip sewn onto back