West African ‘Fulani’ wedding blanket, Niger or Mali. Wool and white brushed cotton. Size: 280cm x 140cm 8ft 8in x 4ft 9in. One of a matched pair – see other listings. Age: Mid 20th century Condition: Very good, sides and ends original. Size: 280cm x 140cm 9ft 6in x 4ft 9in Price: £245 Click on […]
Old, worn South West Persian flat-woven carpet in usable state with great palette and very finely woven. Age: Late 19th century Condition: uneven condition with cobbled repairs and reweaves, sides and ends original and intact minor losses to side wrappings and ends. Pure wool. Carpet is still stable and usable. Size: 8ft 2in X 6ft […]
abrashed midnight blue field with Ganja -Buta ‘boteh’ symbols, all within a dragon teeth’s border with inset birds and zoomorphic images, wool on wool. Ancient Ganja carpets or Gadim Ganja carpets also belong to the category of carpets that made in Ganja carpet-weaving school. The carpets were named after Ancient Ganja where they were produced. […]
A great small format example. Wool with white cotton highlights on wool foundation with a stunning palette of many different natural abashed colours. Finely knotted and in excellent condition for an antique rug of at least 100 years of age. THIS ITEM WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ‘Stitches in Time’ An exhibition of global antique carpets, […]
Designed by John Piper in 1959 for Arthur Sanderson and Sons.Printed on Sanderlin Satinised Cotton abstract design in shades of green, violet, chocolate and light brown, black, red, pink, coral, yellow and white, the selvedges with Stones of Bath. ‘An original screen print by Sanderson’s repeated four times down margin – see photos. Age:Mid 20th […]