Antique Carpets at NYICS
Rare Antique Carpets
Antique carpets are timeless weavings with a plethora of designs that range from geometric, abstract tribal looks to refined and elegant expressions of a more floral and formal nature. Rare carpets have been highly prized by wealthy patrons throughout history and especially by the aristocracy and rising merchant class in Europe from the 15th and 16th centuries. With the enormous wealth created in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a renaissance of production of fine carpets occurred.
Dealers are invited to sell at NYICS a wide range of their best one-of-a-kind pieces that use natural dyes, mountain wool, and traditional patterns which can harmoniously supplement the overall design of any contemporary or tradtitional interior. In the company of modern carpets, antique rugs definitely have a useful purpose...to create a foundation for the furnishings, establish scale and define activity areas, add texture, ambience, and enhance the unique image of the room.
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Bold and rustic geometric designs of Kazak, Heriz and Serapi rugs mix with elegant formal pattens from Tabriz, Sultanabad, Bakhshaish, Ushak, Agra and Kashan. Antique carpets from villages and tribes were usually not made for commerical export and were often truly one-of-a-kind. These unique and rare weavings have ascended to the apex of today's upscale furnishings for their authenticity, durability, timeless quality, and prestige.
If you want to exhibit your exemplary antique carpets at NYICS, please contact us.
Antique rugs can highlight the interior of the most modern setting...
ABOVE: This rare antique Persian Serapi displays large, graphic palmettes connected by stylized vines on a striking ivory ground. The size is 11.8x14.0 and is a masterpiece of Persian carpet art.
Antique carpets serve a useful purpose for the designer...to establish a foundation for the furnishings, to add scale, texture, ambience, and enhance the upscale image of the room.
BELOW: The realistic articulation of the dragon's face and body rendered in exquisite detail in this rare Chinese wall carpet is a style well known in weavings of the K'ang-Hsi period (ruled 1661-1722). The image shows only the upper portion of the overall hanging. It measures 2.8 X 8.6 feet and likely dates to a later period, around 1800.
