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Antique Greek embroidery, probably Salonica / Thessaloniki

Small antique Tibetan rug, all natural colors

Large colorful Baluch shrub bag. While the vast majority of Baluch bags with this design are from Khorosan and generally on the ... read more

Masculine Sevan? Kazak, worn but actually quite a nice antique rug with personality, color, and a nice handle. 4'4"x7'4"

early 'vase carpet-esque' Josheghan fragment strip including borders and field.

Afshar bagface with an unusual field and a floral border, all wool, 2'6"x1'11"

Baluch octagon star bag face with animal trains and copious silk highlights. 28"x24" This piece has a great presence and displays well. Some ... read more

The following piece along with another have gone missing from a friend's shop in New York. Please let me know if you ... read more

Afahar chanteh, all good colors, 3/4 of bottom border rewoven

Freaky-fine Baluch flatweave, almost like a sheet of paper or canvas. Very difficult to photograph. White cotton highlights, yarn as thin as ... read more

Konya yastik with a variant of a Holbein gul, front and back images. Condition is a little rough with some kashmiring of ... read more

Large (5'1" x 8'3" 155x252cm) East Anatolian Yatak with harshang and other ornament (alien cyclopses?)

Tekke Turkmen main carpet, apx 8'x12'

Small Khotan rug, good colors, areas of restoration

Baluch minakhani rug, decent condition, great color, 3'9"x6'4"

Shahsevan (or South Persian?) banded jajim with designs drawn in float technique. 3'6"x5'8"

Large Baluch star octagon bag. Great wool and handle.

Armenian inscribed Chahar Mahal Bakhtiari rug, all natural dyes. Inscription reads 'Bartholomew i, the Benevolent and dated 1924.

Vivid Saturated Color. Two matching fragments of an Anatolian Yatak, mounted together and conserved. multicolored carnations on a golden-saffron abrashed ground, perfect ... read more

Hali Magazine, multiple back issues in great condition available from number 53 through more current issues. Excellent rug reference material. All in ... read more

Fine old Baluch minakhani rug, very flat back and a great floppy handle, nice abrash, 3'1"x4'10"

Striped Baluch balisht with purple and green. Probably western Afghanistan, I'm sceptical about the orange, it doesn't look tippy and is rather ... read more

Mudjur (Mucur) or possibly Konya prayer rug. Big knots, lots of colors, all vegetal dyes with no sulfonic. 3 shades of aubergine ... read more