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These carpets, knotted by semi-nomad populations between the last 25 years of the nineteenth century and WWI on a wool warp with a horizontal loom, are among the most sought after by collectors. Except in very rare cases, they do not reach widths greater than 170 cm and they almost always are woven with geometric patterns. The price depends on the rarity of the carpet and its dimensions (the width is very important), as well as on the state of conservation, the period of manufacture and the beauty of the carpet, seen in its great expressive force.
The antique Caucasian carpets may also be further divided into:
CARPETS FROM WESTERN CAUCASUS
CARPETS FROM SOUTHERN CAUCASUS
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We define carpets knotted prior to WWI as “antique”. The characteristic which these carpets have in common is hand spun yarn colored with vegetable, animal or mineral dyes as opposed to chemical dyes. There are rare exceptions in which the first aniline dyes were used for a few, easily identified colors; in these cases, it is evident that an attempt was made to embellish the carpet with colors of great visual impact. I must emphasize that this phenomenon is limited to a few rare, exceptional cases; normally when we find aniline dyes, they are an indication of more recent carpets which we classify as “old” Persian carpets. Another exception regards the Saruk carpets, knotted with vegetable dyes up to 1930 and therefore included in the group of “antique” carpets.
It is useful to further classify “antique” Persian carpets as follows:
CARPETS KNOTTED FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE XIX CENTURY UP TO 1883
(year in which the Zigler company was established in Sultanabad)
CARPETS KNOTTED FROM 1883 TO THE BEGINNING OF WWI
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We define carpets knotted between WWI and WWII as “old”. Generally speaking the yarns are still hand spun and the colors, softened by time, are quite lovely. In many village-produced carpets we still find the use of vegetable dyes, however, at that time the choice to use one method or another for dyeing the yarns was a strictly economical one (they used whatever was available).
VARIOUS OLD ITEMS
Also included in this group are the very early carpets produced in the cities of Qom and Isfahan, characterised by extremely refined knots and the use of silk both in the structure (weft and warp) and in the pile..
VERY EARLY ARTICLES FROM THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (1920s and 1930s)
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The antique Anatolian carpets, almost always very colorful, are knotted with a symmetric knot (Turkish knot), the warp and the pile are almost always in wool; manufactured in the city (Istanbul, Hereke, Kayseri, Sivas) they differ from those knotted in villages in the frequent use of refined Persian patterns and silk embellishments. Again we consider carpets knotted before WWI to be antique. The Anatolian carpets knotted by the Kurdish populations are also included in this category.
EXAMPLE OF AN ANTIQUE ANATOLIAN CARPET (TURKISH)
Antique Turkmen carpets, sought after by many collectors, were knotted by the Salor, Saryk, Tekke, Yomud and Ersary nomad populations in an extensive area south of Aral Sea which, at one time, made up the antique Turkmenistan and Turkestan.
EXAMPLE OF AN ANTIQUE TURKMEN CARPET
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This group includes:
1) Carpets knotted from the end of WWII up to the Islamic revolution in 1979
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2) From 1982 to 1999
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3) Carpets knotted from 1999 on
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Today the production of new carpets is concentrated in this part of the world. With central Asia we refer to the regions politically divided into the following states: Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and India. This is the most unstable geographic area in the world. The political borders are almost never well defined and the power is not always concentrated in the hands of the government. For example, the region disputed between Pakistan, India and China: this area is denominated Darya by the Pakistanis, Kashmir by the Indians and considered to be the Xinjiang province by the Chinese. I would like to offer all enthusiasts reading me a cognitive tool for understanding the differences between the various productions and qualities. Unfortunately this is not possible because the names given to these pieces do not follow any precise scheme. Sometimes the carpet takes its name from the pattern, at others from the quality of the yarns or from the nation of origin. Moreover, there is a combination of innumerable qualitative characteristics which range from the carpet crudely produced with a simple knot and mixed-synthetic, industrially spun yarns to the unique carpet with a charming pattern, finely hand-knotted using vegetable dyed, hand spun yarns.
Given this situation, it is helpful to specify in detail the characteristics implied by the proposed items.
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UZBEK
ISLAMABAD
AGRA
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Each of our hand-knotted oriental carpets is a unique piece; the price, quality, origin and technical characteristics of each rug is given in a detailed tag.
The outline below summarizes the most important characteristics of the rugs and is a useful guide for those who are novices to this fascinating world of oriental carpets.
We have divided the carpets into the following homogeneous groups (click on the name of the group for more detailed information):
ANTIQUE CAUCASIAN CARPETS
priced from 1,500 to 22,400 Euro
ANTIQUE TURKISH AND TURKMEN CARPETS
priced from 1,500 to 10,000 Euro
ANTIQUE PERSIAN CARPETS
carpets priced between 1,000 and 50,000 Euro in stock
OLD PERSIAN CARPETS
carpets priced between 100 and 2,500 Euro in stock
NEW PERSIAN CARPETS
priced from 250 to 3,500 Euro
CENTRAL ASIAN CARPETS
priced from 120 to 5,000 Euro
CARPETS FROM OTHER AREAS
priced from 120 to 8,400 Euro
KILIM and SUMAK CARPETS
priced from 50 to 10,000 euro
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