2017MAR

A Ghasghai gelim, Persian, the field with concentric polychrome diamonds, with minor diamond motifs, a minor border, dice ends, 246cm x 144cm.

A Tekke Turkman carpet, the madder field with four columns of twelve guls, supporting serrated leaves, a sunburst border, 232cm x 188cm.

A Gendje rug, Caucasian, the eleven barred field each with a stepped medallion, minor motifs, an ivory hooked diamond border, 240cm x 150cm, and a fla

Two Beshir rugs, the madder fields in six sections each with an indigo star, one with a dark madder tulip head border, 194cm x 130cm, the other with a

A Meshed carpet, Persian, of Ardebil design, the ivory field with a central roundel, matching spandrels, all with delicate floral sprays; a madder bor

A Mahal rug, Persian, the black field with a bold ivory medallion, madder spandrels, an ivory palmette and vine border, 190cm x 129cm.

A Bakhtiari rug, Persian, the black shaped field with a floral medallion, single floral sprays, a pale yellow outer surround with roses, a madder tuli

A Tekke turkoman carpet, the madder field with four columns of twelve guls, supporting crosses, a flowerhead border, diamond skirts, 303cm x 214cm.

A silk Heriz tree of life rug, the dark madder field with a flowering tree, a pair of cockerels beneath, and a pair of birds in the tree, a palmette b

An Esfahan part silk rug, Persian, the tile field with scenes of animals and birds, an ivory motif border, 176cm x 105cm.

A French Aubusson carpet, the brown field with a floral bouquet in an ivory roundel, floral spandrels, an ivory leaf spray border, 268cm x 221cm.

A Beshir rug, Turkman, the madder field with rows of stylised flowerheads, various minor borders, 200 x 148cm and a Beluchistan rug, the madder field

A Tabriz carpet, Persian, the sage field with a shaped trellis pattern, each centred by a small cartouche, a dark indigo leaf and flower border, 310cm