Paul McGhee

Collector and preserver of interesting rugs. I mostly like Baluchi and Kurdish items but buy all kinds of things and occasionally sell them when I run out of money to buy more. Based in Cambridge, UK

  • Unusual Moroccan Middle Atlas bags. Beni M'Guild, mid-century, complete. Mainly wool with cotton decoration, spangles and tassels a couple metallic. Pile-woven straps ... read more
    price:  E100

  • Nice tent band with its tassels and most of its fringy bits intact. Colors faded and mellow. a really great piece of ... read more
    price:  E75

  • Nice old Bangara textile square with fine embroidery/quilting in great colors 26 x 26 inches Good provenance. i don't know about these items, ... read more
    price:  Sold

  • Beautiful rural Deccan embroidered and quilted textile square in exquisite colors. This came from a good uk collection supplied by a leader ... read more
    price:  Sold

  • Distinctly rustic Qala-i-Now Afghan kilim. 6ft long. Worn a bit thin in places and has clearly lived an interesting life.
    price:  SOLD

  • Unusual Baluch/Turkman tribal rug with unique "grapes" motif
    price:  SOLD

  • Starry Baluch with kilims. Like Boucher's plate 46 but with nicer rosette border. Quainat?
    price:  SOLD

  • Zippy Kilim. Fragmentary Turkish item of highly distinctive design and curious material. Wefts and warps are both of lustrous natural yarn which looks ... read more
    price:  SOLD

  • Old Lampa Karabagh long rug 3m x 1.2m with primitive charm. Delightful menagerie of deer, falcons, camels, horses and people. Losses to ... read more
    price:  POA

  • Fine, heavy-weight Youmut chuval with repairable damage. No repairs or interventions yet. As found, needs a wash to bring out its quality. Part ... read more
    price:  SOLD

  • Kazak fragment with Memling guls. As found, dirty, moth-eaten and miserable. Seems to be a cut and shut piece of a larger ... read more
    price:  Sold

  • Uzbek lali posh embroidered food cover. I found this in a batch of rugs i bought recently and know nothing about these except ... read more
    price:  Sold