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6. Our Oriental Rug Market Pyramid
Our Oriental Rug Market Pyramid
By Jan David Winitz
I have spent nearly four decades working with collectors and connoisseurs to help them build what have become extremely valuable private collections of rare antique rugs. Many of my clients also collect other forms of art and antiques, and are tremendously knowledgeable about antiquities, but might not be fully versed about antique Oriental rugs.
I consistently see that collectors, whether they are new to the rug milieu or already deeply involved in it, value an educational approach to understanding carpets which they often ultimately use as wall art as well as floor coverings.
To help clients understand the realm of these rugs and to better understand their value in the context of other valuable art and antiques, I developed a proprietary Oriental Rug Pyramid ™as a graphic and comprehensive tool to comprehend the market for handwoven Oriental rugs.
Rankings in the six-level rug Pyramid are based on artistry, craftsmanship, quality of materials, condition, age and provenance. The Pyramid encompasses the entire history of Oriental rug weaving with an emphasis on the Second Golden Age of Persian Weaving, ca. 1800 to ca. 1910, which is the period where art and investment level rugs are still available to connoisseurs and collectors.
In the Pyramid, as the tiers descend, the number of available pieces increases significantly, while the artistry and originality decreases. Rugs in Level 1 are held primarily by museums. Art-level pieces are found in Levels 2 through 4. Rugs in Levels 5 and 6 would be considered durable floor coverings of no intrinsic art or investment value.
Level 1 | Museum-Quality
Primarily 13th to 18th centuries — The Persian Safavid dynasty that ruled from 1501–1736 (“The Golden Age of Persian Weaving”) sponsored workshops that produced many of the finest carpets the world has ever seen. In 2013, a stunning 17th century Persian Kirman rug sold at Sotheby’s auction for $33.8 million.
Level 2 | High-Collectible
Primarily from early 19th century to circa 1875 — Artistic achievement and great originality flourished this period. These best-of-the-best caliber rugs exhibit fluid, subtly varied designs a highly exotic use of nuanced colors, and achieve superb aesthetic balance and harmony in the process. The finest rugs from “The Second Golden Age” were woven primarily in Persia and the Caucasus Mountains, but also in Turkey and the Central Asian plateau.
High-Collectible floral weaving styles such as Mohtasham Kashan and Laver Kirman offer specimens of unparalleled detail work and refinement, while the best of geometric rugs include Caucasian, Bakshaish, Camelhair and South Persian tribal rugs, notably Qashqai. While historical rugs from Level 1 are typically too fragile, many High-Collectible pieces are sufficiently durable for floor use.
Level 3 | Connoisseur-Caliber
Primarily from circa 1850 to late 19th century — This category encompasses outstanding rugs from all of the major Persian and tribal groups.
The period starting around 1875 is often termed “The Revival Period” of Persian carpet weaving, as a greater number of rugs were commissioned in styles such as Hadji Jallili Tabriz, Laver Kirman, Ferahan Sarouk, the extremely popular Serapis, and from a plethora of small village and tribal groups. Highly talented artisans used an excellent quality of materials and original, captivating designs and color combinations.
In today’s international market, a selection of excellent examples in quite good condition can only be found through a handful of specialty dealers worldwide and the finest offerings of major auction houses.
Level 4 | High-Decorative
Primarily 1875 to 1910 — With international demand increasing rapidly, the number of working looms, more rugs were woven for export, and designs became less complex and color palettes changed to satisfy Western decorative taste. Yet aesthetic appeal and originality still played a large role in the finest of these carpet workshops, where alluring designs combined with the color shifting technique known as “abrash” was still adroitly employed. Sultanabad, Mahal and Bijar are central styles in this group. Synonymous with sophistication and grace, and capable of “mixing” with a broad range of furniture and art styles, both these and Level 3 rugs are widely sought after today.
Level 5 | Decorative
Primarily 1920 to 1970— When the decorative rug market exploded, most of the resultant weavings fell into this category. The level of materials, craftsmanship and innovative artistry decreased notably, with often modern chemical dyes supplanting more subtle natural pigments.
Some Persian rugs woven prior to 1910 also fall into this category, as they are damaged, chemically washed, irregular in shape, of garish or fugitive dyes or are simply uninspired.
Level 6 | Reproductions
Typically 1970 to present — The newest contributions to the hand-woven market are adaptations of traditional Persian designs created in a broad range of qualities. These are by far the most widely available Oriental rugs today. Although the pieces may be labeled with famous Persian regional names, the majority are woven in India, China, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Romania. Some reproductions are finely crafted using natural dyes, although the artistic spark and individuality that give earlier rugs enduring value are not present.
The best Oriental rugs are valuable art works and precious tangible assets, therefore should be appraised and insured at appropriate value levels.
8. The Four Traditions of Antique Rug Weaving: (2) VILLAGE
The Four Traditions of Antique Rug Weaving: (2) VILLAGE
By Jan David Winitz, President & Founder
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Part Two of Four Parts
(Read Part One: Tribal; Part Three: Town; Part Four: City)
Oramon village in Eastern Kurdistan was built in tiers of stone and wood without mortar, typical of many mountain villages there, as well as in Azerbaijan and the Caucasus.
Left: Persian Serapi, circa 1850, the style that brought renown to carpets from the village of Heriz, acclaimed for their commanding medallions and organically drawn motifs. Above right: Collector’s entry hall decorated with a small Serapi and early 19th century Bakshaish. Lower right: High-Collectible Caucasian Chi Chi, circa 1850, reflecting an exquisite design and masterfully nuanced, kaleidoscopic colors.
Over three millennia, Oriental rug-weaving became a central craft and art form of countless peoples living in tribal, village, town, and city settings. In Part 1, I examined the fascinating background of tribal rugs. Now, I will discuss the village rug-making tradition in Persia and the Caucasus.
Among the most inventive of village rugs were those woven in the mountains to the northeast of the city of Tabriz in Persian Azerbaijan. However, I must say that as precious little documentation specific to the activities of this region in the 1700s and 1800s can be found, exactly how this artistic milieu arose is shrouded in mystery. Yet, the rugs I have been privileged to collect and present to my clients for over four decades clearly speak for themselves. Their weavers demonstrated a singular confidence in spontaneous inspiration at the loom, coupled with exquisitely dyed tonalities akin to Impressionist paintings. A true folk-art movement arose in this wild and undocumented area!
Masterful Persian Bakshaish woven in the 1860s, its continually changing design akin to an Impressionistic lush forest complete with birds roosting.
Circa 1900 photo of women in the village of Serab, close to Heriz, showing two side-by-side vertical looms traditionally used for weaving room-size rugs, each about 12 feet high.
During the 18th century, Turks from the west and Armenians from the north moved into the area for political reasons. Both came from long-established weaving traditions that were village-based, unlike the multitude of nomadic peoples who also frequented the area. We have not personally seen or found published Northwest Persian village rugs before the end of the 18th century. However, early in the 19th century, a humble, backcountry village of Heriz, at an elevation of 6,200 feet, wove exquisite, densely knotted silk rugs that to this day fetch significant winning bids at auction. Although scholars I have spoken with have shrugged their shoulders as to how this came to pass, it is clear that there was great weaving prowess already in place at that time.
From what can be pieced together, the silk rug weaving venture stopped as abruptly as it started. However, the production of larger geometric wool carpets, usually with dominant center medallions, known as Heriz, Ahar, or Gorevan and the famed Serapis with their spacious, graphic patterns, vibrantly continued well into the 20th century.
A small hamlet in the higher elevations of the Caucasus Mountains, characteristic of the environment in which the intrepid weavers of this major tribal style lived, some of them hosting as few as 30 families.
Map of the Caucasus, Azerbaijan, and Persian areas, highlighting the major weaving villages and provinces.
Bakshaish and a cluster of smaller villages began making enigmatic room-size carpets as early as 1800 or before, some with asymmetrically positioned center medallions and others with elaborate all-over patterns. These rugs were often either ethereal or earthy in coloration and captured an uncanny sense of movement not seen often in other styles.
Bakshaish rugs woven in the 19th century exemplified the native penchant for experimentation, the call to personal expression and spontaneity. These settled pastoral weavers borrowed from the tribal tradition an incredible roster of geometric motifs, along with the artistic technique of abrash (intentional color striation). Bakshaish and Heriz were the two major Persian villages that produced full-scale spectrums of geometric room size to oversize carpets. These dimensions were usually woven only in the towns and cities where a stylized floral or curvilinear aesthetic was followed.
Left: Room size Persian Karaja, late 19th century, a hard-to-find style from the Heriz region. Above right: Antique copper samovars from the village of Luhij in the southern Caucasus, an important craft and weaving center since the Middle Ages. Lower right: Extremely finely knotted Gubpa Shirvan, 170 years old.
In the 19th century, there were literally thousands of rug-weaving villages in the Caucasus range, the country of Persia, and the Azerbaijanian corridor that lay between. Often, they had been populated for many hundreds of years. Living in breathtaking natural settings, their inhabitants attuned their lives to a simple agrarian routine dictated by the rhythm of the seasons. Where the artistry of tribal rugs could be said to be at once powerful and introspective, many village rugs are observant of nature’s delicate changes and celebrative of its boundless beauty. This ethos is often expressed through the use of harmonious, shifting colors that connoisseurs greatly value.
19th-century village rugs were created for the use and enjoyment of the weaver’s family and as gifts for special occasions. Any surplus weavings were sold in the local market, where an eager clientele was composed of international visitors, agents of the ruling family, and non-weaving households. Individual artistic nuances and insights were enthusiastically appreciated.
A circa 1875 room-size Bakshaish, expressing effusive joie de vivre with its original rendition of the medallion and corner piece design and spirited color choices.
A comparison of the tribal and village rug weaving traditions’ treatment of the diamond shape. Left: Caucasian Fachralo Kazak—presenting tribal symbols with sharply rendered angles that speak a shared inner language. Right: Persian Bakshaish—its axis of geometricized botanical motifs acting as the effective balance point for the entire design.
Other than in the Heriz region, village weavings were typically created in the area size up to 5×7, runners, and keleges (gallery carpets two to three times longer than their width) formats. Village men, highly skilled in natural dyeing, created family recipes guarded as intellectual property for generations.
The names of these folk-art rugs indicated either their tribal association, or the village or province where they were created. For example, from the region of Northwest Persian Azerbaijan that birthed the Bakshaish and Serapi traditions, also came multi-medallioned Karajas, Serabs (often using undyed camel hair), elemental Kurdish and Shahsavan rugs and runners. Today we still see many weavings from small villages whose names have been lost over time. In Central and South Persia, a few village rug styles are generally known, such as Malayer, Tafresh, Veramin, Lillihan, and Niriz. The Kazak rugs are often known by their village names from the Caucasus Mountains, whereas the rest of the styles reflect their provincial names, such as Lesghi or Shirvan.
A rare kelege-shaped Serab Camelhair rug on grand display in the passageway of this collector’s Great Room.
Late in the 19th century, many village weavers became part of a cottage industry initiated by merchants from Tabriz. At first, the weavers were supplied with wool to make carpets of their own invention. By the 1910s, control over the weaving process tightened, and the design pool narrowed to accommodate the perceived taste of the burgeoning international market. Today, although the best 19th century examples have become extremely difficult to find, a variety of village rugs remain available that are respectable representatives of this tradition, rife with spontaneity and sensitive color combinations that flourished over thousands of years.
Above: The isolation and inspiration of village life of many weavers is vividly captured in this aerial image of a hamlet in the Persian Alborz range near the Caspian Sea. Lower left: A majestic, over 150-year-old 12×18 Serapi, offering a staggeringly beautiful color palette and overscale design. Lower right: Two 19th century Caucasian Shirvan runners add character to this contemporary bedroom.
A spectacular, spaciously designed, oversize Serapi, its soft mid-toned palette is partially the result of the high copper content in the local water that contributed to the hues’ legendary chromatic depth and radiance.
BAKSHAISH, NORTHWEST PERSIAN
12′ 0″ x 14′ 10″
3rd Quarter, 19th Century
(Connoisseur-Caliber)
Bakshaish: Woven in a remote mountain village in Northwest Persian Azerbaijan, the best antique Bakshaish rugs are true connoisseur’s delights, full of unique details, intentional asymmetry and idiosyncratic takes on traditional patterns. Bakshaish weavers were masters at combining age-old geometric motifs and highly stylized renditions of classical Persian patterns, often with an intriguing use of asymmetrical design and color.
Although many Bakshaish rugs use a small-scale all-over repeating pattern known as the Herati design, the most collectible pieces employ either large-scale geometricized allover designs or intentionally misshapen center medallions on sparsely ornamented fields. Bakshaish weavers are well known for their skills with natural dyes, with a stunning “Bakshaish Blue” tone being a particular specialty, and for their use of natural, undyed camelhair.
See which of these rare, enrapturing antique Bakshaish rugs are available here, in the gallery.
HERIZ, NORTHWEST PERSIAN
5′ 0″ x 6′ 11″
Circa 1900 (High-Decorative)
Heriz: Heriz rugs present a striking hybrid of styles, combining the scale and grandeur of a city carpet with the charm and rustic appeal of traditional tribal rugs. Heriz carpets are thought to be the result of merchants from Tabriz approaching groups in the surrounding area with an existing tradition of weaving to produce room-size carpets for export.
The hallmarks of a Heriz rug is the warm-toned color palette done entirely in natural dyes, a large central medallion, and oversized corner-pieces. Heriz rugs are typically found in room sizes and larger, and have geometrically inspired designs.
To browse a selection of exquisite antique Heriz carpets in the gallery, click here.
SERAPI, NORTHWEST PERSIAN
10′ 8″ x 13′ 6″
Late 19th Century (Connoisseur-Caliber)
Serapis represent some of the best-known and widely recognized Persian carpet styles, as they were the carpet of choice in many early federal buildings. Serapi carpets showcase a style that draws inspiration from both Caucasian geometric patterning and grand scale court carpets, featuring a central medallion with open reserves and bold colors.
The Serapi palette is quite vibrant, showcasing the exceptional skill set of the local women when it comes to natural dyes. The bold red tones have their origins in the madder root, while the rich variety of blues come from the indigo plant. Serapi carpets are typically found in room size dimensions, though smaller and larger carpets can occasionally be found, much to the delight of rug connoisseurs.
To view a selection of antique Serapi rugs in the gallery, click here.
MALAYER, NORTHWEST PERSIAN
4′ 5″ x 6′ 6″ (135cm x 198cm)
Late 19th Century (High-Decorative)
Malayer: Malayer refers to rugs woven in the weaving center of Malayer and the surrounding villages. Rugs produced here are beloved as some of the most decorative village weavings, with boteh, flower heads, scrolling vines, and stylized birds being popular designs.
Malayer weavers incorporated these patterns into both the all-over designs preferred by westerners and the traditional medallion style carpets.
Malayer rugs frequently employ bold blue tones as a ground color, accentuated with a rich variety of naturally dyed hues. Occasionally one can find a Malayer rug that uses natural undyed Camelhair as a ground tone, and these are among the pieces most coveted by collectors. The best-of-the best Malayer rugs come from the village of Mishin and are known as “Mishin Malayer”.
To see more of these extraordinary antique Malayer rugs in the gallery, click here.
SERAB CAMELHAIR,
NORTHWEST PERSIAN
8′ 0″ x 12′ 0″
Circa 1875 (Connoisseur-Caliber)
Serab: The village of Serab was known for producing distinctive runners and corridor carpets. Very few small size rugs and rugs 9×12 and larger were woven there, thus, are extremely difficult to find in today’s market. The traditional Serab pattern language features heavily geometric designs with multiple diamond-shaped medallions on delicately rendered latticework fields.
Serab was the one area in Persia that primarily wove rugs using large amounts of undyed camelhair of varying shades. Serab pieces tend to be finely woven and use the Ghiordes (Turkish) knot. The finest 19th century Serab rugs and runners are in high demand by art connoisseurs as their angular designs and earth tone color palettes provide the perfect foundation to contemporary artworks displayed on the walls.
To browse a selection of exquisite antique Serab carpets in the gallery, click here.
KARAJA, NORTHWEST PERSIAN
9′ 7″ x 11′ 4″
Late 19th Century (Connoisseur-Caliber)
Karaja: Karaja rugs represent a stylistic blend between village and tribal rug traditions. Karaja are recognized principally by their distinctive pattern, a latchhook diamond flanked by two architectural medallions along a central vertical axis.
Their patterning is always very geometric, and can be highly similar to the imagery of antique Heriz rugs, woven approximately 45 miles distant. Saturated red and indigo colors are typical. Runners and area size carpets predominate, with room size rugs woven only very rarely.
To view a selection of antique Karaja rugs in the gallery, click here.
To browse a selection of exquisite antique Veramin carpets in the gallery, click here.
VERAMIN, NORTH CENTRAL PERSIAN
6′ 9″ x 10′ 9″
Circa 1900
(Connoisseur-Caliber)
Veramin: Veramin are among the most seldom produced of carpets in the antique 19th-century town carpet category, and are highly prized for their consummate refinement and exquisite, luxurious weave. Though nomad-woven rugs were produced in the region for a longer period, Veramin became an important Village-tradition weaving center of extended family during the second half of the 19th century.
Veramin carpets are known for being durable and typically have an allover design, woven without a cartoon to a very high degree of intricacy. Antique Veramin rugs are best known for a unique rendition of the Poppy Rosette design and the rich color palette that was typically used.
To browse a selection of exquisite antique Veramin carpets in the gallery, click here.
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9. Art-Level Antique Rugs & How To Recognize Them
by Jan David Winitz
President and Founder, Claremont Rug Company
A wide range of Oriental carpets can bring us pleasure and pride of ownership as they grace our homes. Yet, only very few are also strong long-term investments worthy of collecting. With little exception, these are true antiques dating from the early 19th century to the turn of the 20th century. I term these pieces “art-level rugs.”
During this period, many of the best rugs were inspired artistic expressions of pastoral nomads living in isolated encampments of Persia, the Caucasus and Turkey. Using elemental portable looms, they continually reinterpreted ancestral designs passed down from mothers to their daughters for many generations. Art-level rugs were also woven on the family looms of the cottage industry in the multitudinous villages of the Near East. In larger cities, patrons commissioned workshops to create their finest carpets, devoting as much as 15 years to a single project.
Throughout the Near East, brides and grooms wove rugs to express to each other the deep affection for life that they could not formulate in words.
Throughout the Near East, brides and grooms wove rugs to express to each other the deep affection for life that they could not formulate in words. In many cases, they would present them to one another on their wedding day. Parents wove rugs to pass on the rich symbolic heritage of their cultural group to their children. Spiritual teachers wove to communicate the deepest aspects of their teaching to their students.
The myriad activities involved…made carpet weaving one of the most labor-intensive of art forms.
Using techniques virtually unchanged since Biblical times, the finest weavers strove to complete every step as perfectly as possible. The myriad activities involved—raising the sheep, spinning and carding the wool, brewing the dyes from pure natural sources, hand-tying hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of knots—made carpet weaving one of the most labor-intensive of art forms.
But the weaving process that had existed in a virtually unaltered form since time immemorial was swiftly transformed as rugs began to be produced for export to Europe. By the 1920’s and ‘30’s, the pressure to satisfy the decorative requirements of the Western market prompted the creation of large workshops throughout the Near East. Timesaving measures were employed. The time-consuming natural dyes with their vast array of nuanced hues were replaced by easy-to-brew but harsh chemical dyes. This irrevocably compromised the level of craftsmanship, diluted the ancestral design pool and thwarted the artistic inspiration of the weavers.
In little more than a generation, rug-making became an industry whose highest motivation was to produce decoratively pleasing floor coverings. Weaving was transformed from art into craft. So how do I recognize an art-level Oriental rug? Regardless of the region in which it was woven, it is a one-in-the-world artistic expression with an enrapturing visual impact and consummate craftsmanship…
So how do I recognize an art-level Oriental rug? Regardless of the region in which it was woven, it is a unique artistic expression with an enrapturing visual impact and consummate craftsmanship. The use of the finest quality materials is paramount. An art-level carpet offers a deeply harmonious palette of colors, stemming from the expert use of pure natural dyes, which gradually soften with age. The finest dye masters were accomplished chemists who created colors of great purity and tremendous visual depth.
The presence of an array of seldom-encountered tones is a sign of exemplary artistry. For instance, a lush range of green from celadon to emerald was brewed from a lengthy process of over-dyeing indigo blue wool with a yellow dye, obtained from onionskins, turmeric or saffron. Creating stunning ruby reds from the kermes beetle or regal Tyrian purple from sea snails also required a highly skilled hand.
The use of first-grade wool is also of central importance. This can be seen in the magical luminosity it lends to the pile and how it greatly enhances the saturation of the dyes. The best wool is elastic and replete with natural lanolin, which one can feel to the touch. It is literally an alive material that is incredibly durable.
For a rug to be considered art-level, it must possess a level of beauty that is literally breathtaking, and must emanate a profound sense of balance and harmony.
Many art-level rugs are brilliant explorations into the traditional pattern language of their particular tribe or region. Others demonstrate great uniqueness and rarity in their design and color. In either case, the individual stamp of its makers is abundantly present. However, the most important attribute is also the most intangible. For a rug to be considered art-level, it must possess a level of beauty that is literally breathtaking, and must emanate a profound sense of balance and harmony.
An art-level rug is an impressionistic work, inspired by the glory of the sunrise, the splendor of a field of wildflowers, the strength and dignity of a mountain or the unfathomable number of stars visible on a cloudless night. It expresses the sublime rather than the mundane, perfectly capturing a timeless moment frozen in time.
A number of early Modernists of Western art were captivated by great rugs. The Cubists, notably Klee and Kandinsky, studied the abstract forms of tribal rugs in search of a new non-representational aesthetic. Matisse was enthralled by the carpets’ inventive use of color, as was Paul Gauguin who said, “Oh, you painters who ask for a technique of color—study carpets and there you will find all knowledge.” Now, a new generation of collectors is discovering what these pioneers of modern art recognized long ago, that the knowledge of combining color and design in art-level rugs is as masterful as is in any painting or sculpture.
Great rugs are unaffected by pop culture trends or by the status of the artists or purchasers.
One of the biggest challenges for the budding enthusiast of art-level rugs is also one of their deepest lures: in most cases, masterful weavers never signed their works. An antique carpet is anonymous art. Great rugs are unaffected by pop culture trends or by the status of the artists or purchasers. An antique rug must be judged on its own merits, on the quality of its craftsmanship and the depth of the impact it has on the seasoned viewer.
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11. Copy of Antique Rugs in the City Tradition
Magnificent oversize Laver Kirman in historical entryway
Of the four main categories of antique Persian rugs, city rugs are the most refined. These graceful antique rugs were woven in the workshops of master rug designers. The exquisite curvilinear and botanical designs of these antique carpets were rendered with impeccable clarity, due to their fine weave, closely cut pile and the exceptional attention to detail. Each of the major city styles has unique design elements and its own individual “weave” (inner structure of the rug) including: Tabriz (notably from the Hadji Jallili (Haji Jalili) workshop), Laver Kirman (notably from Tausenchian, Khasati and Delmaghani workshops), Kashan (notably early carpets known as Mohtashams as well as the lamb’s wool “Manchester” style and from the Dabir workshops), and Meshed (or Mashhad) notably from the Omoghli and Saber workshops. In India, Persian weavers were imported to work in the workshops of the cities of Agra and Amritsar.
While each city in which these treasured carpets were produced possesses its own distinct pattern language and colors, one aspect of design is common to all antique city rugs: the use of symmetry. Unlike rugs produced in town, village and tribal settings, in creating a floral rug a master rug designer would first create a “cartoon”, a knot-by-knot plan that were to be followed exactly by the artistans who wove at the loom.
Hadji Jallili (Haji Jalili) Tabriz
13ft 4in x 18ft 8in
Circa 1850
Tabriz rug weavers from the renowned Hadji Jallili’s (Haji Jalili) workshop “produced inspired versions predominantly of the revered medallion-and-corner-piece design, while other patterns such as multi-medallion and Garden of Paradise were also created. These carpets are recognizable for distinctive palette of brick, clay, taupe, soft greens and cream tones that eschewed the Persian use of soft to deep reds and blues. In the late 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, other Tabriz workshop were influenced by the Hadji Jallili color palette and patterns to create less ornate, more loosely knotted pieces known as “Rugs in the Style of Hadji Jallili.” Throughout the 1800s and 1900s, other Tabriz workshops created very finely crafted carpets of great beauty in the traditional palette of reds and blues or a panoply of hues. To view a selection of antique Tabriz rugs from the Hadji Jallili (Haji Jalili) workshop in the gallery, click here. To view a cross-section of all antique Tabriz rugs, click here.
Laver Kirman
9ft 2in x 16ft 2in
3rd Quarter, 19th Century
The city of Kirman (also spelled Kerman) was a major producer of floral rugs in the 19th century, with Laver (Ravar) Kirman rugs particularly renowned. Laver Kirman designs were marked by exquisitely rendered, small-scale, intricate patterns and a color palette of gold and yellows contrasted by small areas of deep indigo hues as well as a range of soft pinks, rose reds, blues, and greens. You will also find one of the rarest and most prized dyes, cochineal, which yielded the rich Renaissance blue-reds found in these stunning antique rugs. Notably, this district produced rugs in all sizes up to palace sizes that took many years to weave. The “best-of-the-best” Laver Kirman rugs are especially sought out by collectors and interior designers alike. To see more of these extraordinary antique Laver Kirman rugs in the gallery, click here.
Elegant Hadji Jallili Tabriz in contemporary office waiting room
Mohtasham Kashan
4ft 4in x 6ft 5in
Circa 1875
The city of Kashan
boasts an illustrious weaving history dating back to the 16th century, and is the birthplace of many archetypal antique carpet designs. Of all the floral rugs produced in the 19th century, those from the Mohtasham Kashan tradition are the most prized. In the 19th century and early 20th century, the designers and weavers of Kashan had the most inventive, profound aesthetic that, coupled with an extremely fine weave, produced rugs of great depth and beauty. These sublime pieces used the highest quality lamb’s wool, giving them a reflective quality, which makes their colors shimmer. Ivory and gold backgrounds were most often used to set off this style’s remarkable panoply of medallion or overall patterns. To view a diverse gallery of beautiful antique rugs from the city of Kashan, click here.
Isfahan “Vase Rug”
4ft 9in x 6ft 10in
Circa 1875
Isfahan rugs trace a direct lineage to the most illustrious and important weaving tradition of the 16th and 17th century Safavid era, widely seen as the original Golden Age of Persian weaving. Technical excellence that included the use of the arabesque pattern and elegant botanical designs are the hallmarks of this quintessential Court carpet style. Both area size and larger room size dimensions were woven, often commissioned by elite patrons. In carpets woven from the mid-19th century to circa 1920, the classical Isfahan design attributes of formal symmetrical drawing, delicate vinery and intricate central medallions predominate. To browse a selection of exquisite antique Isfahan carpets in the gallery, click here.
Amritsar
8ft 10in x 11ft 10in
Circa 1875
In India two weavers centers created carpets that were firmly in the Persian tradition, often made by imported Persian weavers. These are Amritsar and Agra, the home of the Taj Mahal. Weaving in Amritsar was heavily influenced by Persian weaving, dating back to the 16th century. Master craftsmen in Amritsar were experts in creating the vegetable dyes which give Amritsar antique rugs their unique ethereal palette of golds, gentle rusts, pinks, mid-tone blues, and a compelling unique lavender hue. The designs of these rugs are marked by a distinct whimsy and often feature small animal motifs within elegant spiraling vines. To browse a selection of exquisite antique Amritsar and Agra carpets in the gallery, click here.
Omoghli Meshed
13ft 6in x 24ft 0in
Circa 1900
19th century Meshed rugs continue a classical Court carpet tradition established during the 16th and 17th centuries. Boasting an effusive, floral design, Meshed carpets usually incorporate deep burgundy or claret grounds as their defining color. The formal, botanically inspired patterning that surrounds a central, symmetrical medallion is highly ornate. Signature cartouches are occasionally encountered. A stiff, heavy handle is characteristic of antique Meshed carpets. See these rare, enrapturing antique Meshed rugs are available here, in the gallery.
Dorasht
3ft 11in x 5ft 8in
Late 19th Century
Exquisitely woven Tehran oversize carpet in modern dining room
In the legacy of the East Persian Court tradition that influenced weaving throughout the Khorossan district, 19th century Dorasht carpets are known for their refined weaves and deeply creative botanical inspired patterns. Prior to the last quarter of the 19th century, their intricate overall herati and floral designs most often used distinctive rose and ruby red tones in their color palette. Later pieces sometimes offer rust and persimmon tones. While much of Dorasht production created supple, finely woven, allover patterns, the best pieces offer astonishing floral themed artistry. One of the least produced antique City carpet styles, Dorasht carpets are encountered only occasionally, most typically in area size dimensions. To view a selection of antique Dorasht rugs in the gallery, click here.
Tehran “Vase Rug”
4ft 7in x 7ft 1in
3rd Quarter, 19th Century
On par with the finest of the other Court weaving styles, 19th century Tehran carpets are very highly prized by connoisseurs for their detailed renderings of fanciful gardens and dazzling allover repeated patterns. Strikingly realistic, pictorial drawing is a hallmark of this style, with an abundance of animals, birds and effusive botanical forms rendered from a direct observation of nature. Exceedingly subtle, nuanced color palettes are often employed to support these designs, entirely eschewing harsh color combinations. Tehran carpets are among the most seldom produced of antique styles and are incredibly scarce. In 19th century pieces, area sizes predominate. To browse a selection of exquisite antique Tehran carpets in the gallery, click here.
12. Kazak Landing Page
Discover the Folkloric Whimsy & Artistic Depth of Caucasian Kazak Rugs
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With roots to the people who inhabited this majestic Caucasus Mountains since the dawn of history, the tribal weavers who occupied the region’s highest encampments and small alpine villages created a powerful rug style known as Kazak. As trade routes expanded and became more populated Kazak examples made their way to Europe, Asia, and eventually the Americas so that by the eighteen and nineteen hundreds these rugs had captured the admiration of collectors and museums internationally.
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Kazak is in the Republic of Armenia, directly to the north west of Lake Sewan. “In weaving terms, Kazak is probably the most famous area in the Caucasus, for the best of the rugs produced there…combined stunning geometric designs with fabulous colors derived from high-quality dyes. It is possible to attribute some weavings from this area to specific villages, but when a piece cannot be precisely identified it is known simply as a Kazak or by reference to the design” (Middleton, Michael, Rugs & Carpets: Techniques, Traditions & Designs. Mitchell Beazley, London, 1996, p. 52). The aesthetic begot an astonishing panoply of patterns with names such as Fachralo, Lori Pamback, Karachov, and “ ‘Eagle’ and ‘Cloudband’ Kazaks”.
Unlike other antique rug styles, in many 19th century Kazak carpets, large archetypal motifs dominate the field, with majestic proportions that magnify the powerful effect of these iconic designs. Perhaps because they were woven in the highest reaches of the towering Caucasus Mountains, they express a particularly cosmological character, exploring the intimate interplay between heaven and earth. Their geometric designs are actually symbols, some found on metal work from the Paleolithic period, that combine in myriad ways to profound effect. Stars of Wisdom, Wheels of Life, Ram’s Horn, and Fence of Security and many other populate these rugs. Enhanced by naturally lustrous, long haired wool from the weavers’ own sheep that was slow-dyed for saturation, sustaining centuries of sunlight, top Kazak rugs display spectacular fields of color from scarlet to lapis, fern green to goldenrod.
• Browse a sampling of our collection of antique Caucasian Kazak rugs Here •
• Learn more about the fascinating history of antique Caucasian Kazak weaving Here •
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20. The Tasteful Effect of Top-Level Oriental Rugs Enhances the Dining Experience – New!
Mid-19th Century Sultanabad Persian Carpet Provides a Stirring Counterpoint to a Contemporary Dining Room.
OAKLAND, CA.- The pleasure and individual character that art-caliber 19th century antique Persian rugs bring to a home is no more apparent than as an enhancement to the dining experience. Whether placed in a formal dining room or a cozy breakfast room, savvy connoisseurs find the myriad of colors and the mesmerizing patterns create the perfect for a family meal and for grand entertainment. At Claremont Rug Company (www.claremontrug.com), with more than 2500 elite antique Persian and tribal rugs in its collection, collectors and lovers of beauty can find styles, weaving groups and color groups that fit their tastes and lifestyles.
Persian Tehran Oversize Rug Adds Artistry and Texture to a Contemporary Home.
This soft-hued, exquisitely refined antique Persian Tehran carpet makes a major contribution to the symphony of surfaces in this innovative contemporary space. As the sole textile element in the dining room, this circa 1900 Persian city rug adds an entirely unique and welcome avenue of expression.
Archetypal Imagery of One-of-a-kind Bakshaish Rug Provides Singular Refinement to Elegant Dining Room
The effect of this extraordinary Persian Bakshaish rug that will fascinate every dinner guest, including the most seasoned antique carpet connoisseurs, with its totally unexpected, yet profoundly harmonious allover design. Archetypal latchhook and cloudband contours recall the very earliest East Asian symbolism, and sit extremely well with delicately carved angels and European tapestry surroundings.
Persian Art Carpet Brings Richness and Depth to a Traditional Dining Room
Masterwork carpets, such as this 19th century Ferahan Sarouk that graces a genteel dining room, are avidly desired by seasoned designers and homeowners. The 160-year-old Ferahan tradition provides the essential foundation by which these great heights are reached: neither the incredible dexterity of its clear, profusely rendered natural forms nor the exquisite pastel and jewel-tone dyes can be found elsewhere, as dye masters capable of these long-lost techniques no longer exist.
19th century Malayer Camelhair Brings Subtle Enrichment to an Elegant Dining Room
Full room-size Malayer Camelhair carpets are quite seldom encountered. Surrounded by refined finishes and silver lighting sconces, the uncommon nuance within the subtly changing latticework becomes even more enlivening and fresh. The surprisingly sophisticated compositional effects present in the best 19th century village carpets create a natural compatibility with elegant traditional decors, as well as modern spaces.
Artful Kermanshah Illuminates Bright Breakfast Room with Exquisite Pastel Colors
Animated by the elegant, infinitely detailed patterning of a one-of-a-kind 19th century Kermanshah Court carpet, this comfortable breakfast room becomes a uniquely invigorating environment in which to greet each morning. Delicate, virtually never seen hues of periwinkle, celadon, garnet and apricot are seamlessly integrated within the exquisite tracery of a profoundly creative allover design of floating medallions, becoming even more cheerful and welcoming when illuminated by the bright sunlight. The antique art carpet is at once refined yet casual in this relaxed, genteel setting. Note how the piece’s soft but potent aesthetic immediately resonates with the Impressionist paintings, Chinoiseries accent pieces and artisanal hardwood furniture to create a harmonious, inviting space.
20ft-Long Persian Bakshaish Carpet Defines Dining Area in High Mountain Cabin
With its open floor plan, the living area, kitchen and dining area of this voluminous family compound in the Northern Rockies are effectively one massive space. Its owners strategically selected this 10’ x 20’ Persian village rug from the 19th century to play the central role of defining the dining room. The rug’s abstracted botanical design and amaranth red field are the perfect enhancement of this grand family space with its plethora of rough-hewn wood surfaces and exposed beams.
Ivory Ground Antique Sultanabad Carpet Brightens and Elevates an Eclectic Modern Dining Room
The intensely creative, stylized botanical patterning of a 19th century Persian Sultanabad carpet with a seldom-encountered ivory field unifies the colors, finishes and forms of the dining area of this inventive contemporary Southern California home. Abundant accents of rare teal green support the custom upholstery and lighting, but most subtly connect with the space’s natural contributors: the lush foliage of palm and orchid within the room, and the garden outside. The Sultanabad’s versatile large-scale allover pattern effortlessly accommodates this activity, adding its own elegant, keenly observed floral vinery to intensify the casually dramatic atmosphere.
19th Century Laver Kirman Rug Achieves Ethereal Elegance in a Stately Spanish Colonial Home
An early Persian Laver Kirman rug becomes the essential link in realizing the artful, nuanced vision for a casually elegant entertaining space of this Spanish colonial home. The homeowner, an accomplished collector of traditional art and antiques, immediately realized how the carpet’s complex design and understated colors would quietly anchor the diverse textures and hues of her ambitious design and used one-of-a-kind pieces as the foundation for a comprehensive aesthetic. The antique rug seamlessly mingles indoor and outdoor: as they pass between spaces, guests are continually greeted by new vantages, unified by the carpet’s magnetic presence.
Mid-19th Century Sultanabad Persian Carpet Provides a Stirring Counterpoint to a Contemporary Dining Room
When invigorated by shimmering sunlight, the stunning color palette and stylized allover floral designs of the best antique Oriental Sultanabad village carpets impart a special energy to a room that makes it a magnetic focus — both of the decor and of a family’s social life. The architectural structure of this mid-19th century Persian carpet’s stylized vinery recalls the minimalist, well-proportioned lines of the cherrywood chairs and the modern French doors leading to the patio.
21. Presenting Our 10th Annual Major Carpet Retrospective
Our 10th Annual Major Carpet Retrospective
50 Best-of-Their-Type Rugs Sold in 2020
Persian Bakshaish “Lion Rug”, 5’ 11” x 5’ 10”, circa 1800
Last year, we were privileged to place an absolutely breathtaking array of one-in-the-world rugs.
This event highlights some of the rarest, artistically profound rugs in a wide range of weaving styles.
We warmly invite you to peruse this virtual exhibition, comprising the most extraordinary High-Collectible Persian and tribal rugs our clients acquired in 2020. Each year, this retrospective is an eagerly awaited international event.
We suggest enjoying these amazing carpets on a large screen and
opening each rug’s three massive images to reveal its astonishing artistry close up.
Our congratulations to all those whose rugs are included!
• View Best-of-Their-Type Rugs Sold in 2020 •
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52. View Our New Fall/Winter 2019 Print Brochure Online
View Our NEW Fall 2019 Print Catalog Online
Featuring 32 antique rugs and new client interiors
♦ View our Virtual Catalog online.
♦ View full-page images of the rugs in this catalog and learn more about them.
♦ Order a copy of this volume at no charge.
♦ View the newly released videos, about 19th century Bakshaishs, Mohtasham Kashans, Caucasians & other educational rug videos.
♦ See a range of clients’ rooms stunningly furnished with our rugs (many new images added.)
View 1000+ antique Oriental rugs from our vast collection.
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53. Sorry, This Rug is No Longer Available
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71. History of the Potomac Collection of Antique Art Carpets
BACKGROUND
We owe a young woman with the dream of a start-up for our acquisition of the monumental Potomac Collection. This 130-rug treasury was passionately assembled over three generations and furnished various homes along the historic Potomac River and a summer residence in Charleston, SC.
Our young visionary owes her great-grandfather for finding a friend at Yale in George Hewitt Myers who would eventually create the Washington Textile Museum. On moving into his dorm room, the heir to the Bristol-Myers pharmaceutical fortune decided to purchase two Persian rugs and became smitten with them. Myers’ enthusiasm was apparently infectious, because the great-grandfather of the Potomac family, whose parents were in manufacturing, became an aficionado himself and eventually filled his D.C. home with extraordinary pieces. Over 50 years, these two men periodically enjoyed viewing the “rug finds” from each other’s travels and shared their research.
The seller’s grandfather, also attended Yale and ambitiously enjoyed the pursuit of collecting antique carpets. By graduation, he had determined a strategy for investing in nascent inventions that subsequently quadrupled the family holdings. Supported by a wife with an equal passion for rare rugs and a great acumen for interior design, over time their Arlington, VA home became covered with collectible Persian and tribal rugs.
His son, the father of our seller, concentrated on finance and along with his wife, a successful retailer, built a home in Great Falls and acquired a vacation residence in Charleston SC, both of which Claremont helped to furnish. He eventually inherited the D.C. and Virginia homes from his two predecessors, along with a Manhattan apartment — and the combined rug collection that had covered the floors and walls of virtually all the rooms in them.
It was their only child, a young woman still in her 30s, who contacted us. Remembering our rug presentations in the family’s homes, she offered 130 collectible pieces to us, after keeping 35 for herself. We were completely stunned, as we had never dreamt we would have the opportunity to represent the spectacular rugs we sold her parents again, much less the entire collection.
Over the two weeks that we took to get reacquainted with the entire collection, she shared many vivid memories of her parents’ and grandparents’ love of rugs and American antiques. When the young woman heard about Jan as a teenager entertaining his grandmother and her collector friends by guessing blindfolded the region of rugs by their handle, she remembered sessions with her grandparents learning the names of the Caucasian motifs and speculating how they worked together to create a symbolic language. She told us how relieved she felt to be able to pass on what she called “my lifelong friends” to people who understood them and will cherish them as much as she and her family had.
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72. Potomac Collection Of Antique Art Carpets
An extensive treasury assembled by an impassioned family over three generations that graced various homes along the historic Potomac River, in Manhattan and a summer residence in Charleston, SC.
A Private Event for Our Clients and Special Guests
Event will end October 12, 2019. A rich selection of spectacular High-Collectible and Connoisseur-Caliber Rugs is still available.
SEE SLIDESHOW OF THESE AWE-INSPIRING CARPETS
VIEW RUGS IN GALLERY FORMAT
READ THE COLLECTION’S FASCINATING BACKGROUND
We invite you to contact us to learn more about the awe-inspiring carpets remaining from this astonishing collection.
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View the Collection in Person at Our Gracious Gallery
In the San Francisco Bay Area
Bookmark this page and visit it often, as we frequently post additional pieces as those online are placed.
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76. Shopping with Claremont from Newport and Laguna Beach
Shopping with Claremont from Newport and Laguna Beach
See a 1000+ piece sampling of our current collection of antique art rugs.
Assisting Newport and Laguna Beach Clients in Building Collections of Antique Art-Level Persian and Oriental Carpets Since 1980
Claremont Rug Company has had the privilege of working with many clients in Santa Rosa since the company’s founding in 1980, helping families furnish their homes with unparalleled collections of art-level antique carpets throughout Newport and Laguna Beach. We have assisted our Newport and Laguna Beach clients in enriching the decor of their homes in the most exclusive communities such as Emerald Bay, Linda Island, Crystal Cove, and Rockledge to name a few. Claremont Rug Company is just a short 40-minute flight from Southern California. We invite you to contact us to arrange a home walkthrough/consultation or rug showing.
Visualizing how your potential carpet choices will look in your home has never been easier with our numerous presentation tools. Claremont Rug Company offers a selection of convenient shopping options even if you do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are local to you – regardless of where you reside.
“Claremont Rug Company offers
a selection of convenient shopping
options even if you do not live
in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
World-Class In-Home and Online Shopping Services in Newport and Laguna Beach
Our website is the ideal tool to rapidly educate and familiarize yourself with the world of antique Oriental carpets, offering abundant and easy-to-digest information on the numerous carpet styles available to your project. Over 1,000+ of our carpets are available for you to browse online at your leisure, with full-size, color-accurate high resolution images only a click away.
All can be easily sorted by size and carpet type, to make your search eminently manageable. You can organize your choices on your own Wish List that is there for you to return to for up to 3 years. As you explore freely through our gallery, carpets of special interest can be flagged and added to your personalized wish list. As you hone your taste, these wish lists can record your favorites, and can be effortlessly forwarded to a designer, architect, spouse or friend with whom you would like to share.
Our extensive online Antique Oriental Rug Educational Section is an expansive resource with sections discussing Decorating with Antique Carpets, Collecting and Connoisseurship, a Nine-point Methodology for Determining Quality and Artistry, Main Categories of Antique Carpets, Antique Oriental Rug Care and much more.
Our highly professional, vastly experienced staff will make your experience of working with us virtually effortless, whether you visit our San Francisco Bay Area gallery complex or take advantage of our In-Home Shopping Service from your home in Newport and Laguna Beach or anywhere else in the US.
“Visualizing how your potential carpet
choices will look in your home has
never been easier with our
numerous presentation tools.”
Antique Carpet Trends in Newport and Laguna Beach
Since we opened our doors in 1980, our niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one – offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. We specialize in pieces with the most stirring artistry and the greatest compatibility with today’s range of decors. Our desire has always been to provide our clients with carpets that will have a magical effect on their home environments and will bring deep satisfaction on a daily basis. These are solid art investments that often become cherished family treasures.
Many times our client’s find when they begin living with just one antique art-level carpet they develop a growing desire to collect these stunning pieces of masterful art from the 19th and early 20th century. In the client’s home pictured to the left (above on mobile) view how a Cameo Highlands’ talented family has combined a rare antique Oriental carpet with a modern living room decor to create a comfortable and inviting space.
Whether you are looking to decorate your Pelican Hill estate home or a stunning beachfront home in Corona Del Mar or a French Normandy estate in breathtaking Smithcliffs, our collection of breathtaking one-of-a-kind, handmade antique Persian and Oriental carpets pair perfectly with any style home. The Laguna Beach client’s home pictured to the right (above on mobile), is an excellent example of how an antique art-level carpet can bring a room’s design new life.
At Claremont Rug Company, we adhere to a ‘Client-First’ business model in providing the highest level of service to each and every interaction, whether in our physical gallery, via telephone, email or through the internet. What Client First means to us is that customer service begins before a transaction and continues for the lifetime of our relationship. It is an anticipatory approach based on the presumption that those who seek us out deserve a level of service at the highest level possible. To achieve this, it is vital that our Client First attitude is our ethos and we are fervent about it at every level in our organization”, states Claremont Rug Company’s President and Founder, Jan David Winitz.
“We are local to you –
regardless of where you reside.”
Curating an Authentic, Art-level Antique Carpet Collection
We hold a central position on the international market as a “first source” buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship.
We handle a wide range of superbly preserved, oversize (11ft x 15ft to 14ft x 20ft) and palace size art carpets (up to 17ft x 32ft), which are so difficult to find on today’s market. Our inventory of area sizes (2ft x 4ft to 5ft x 7ft ), room sizes (6ft x 9ft to 11ft x 14ft) and runners, up to 25ft long offers virtually limitless possibilities.
Popular Antique Persian and Oriental Rugs Types
Claremont Rug Company’s Guarantees
We offer a long-term Full Exchange Policy on all of the carpets we place, along with full appraisals, and Long-term Care Instructions. You also have the great security of our superb international reputation, built over more than three decades in the field.
“Our proven program of sending
rug images, color-accurate prints and
shipping rugs on approval is
incredibly time-saving and
tremendous effective.”
77. Shopping with Claremont from Calistoga and the Napa Valley
Shopping with Claremont from Calistoga and the Napa Valley
See a 1000+ piece sampling of our current collection of antique art rugs.
Assisting Calistoga and Napa Valley Clients in Building Memorable Displays of Antique Art-Level Persian Carpets” since 1980.
Claremont Rug Company has had the privilege of working with many clients in Calistoga, California since the company’s founding in 1980, helping families furnish their homes with unparalleled collections of art-level antique carpets throughout the Calistoga area. We invite you to contact us to arrange a home walkthrough/consultation or rug showing. Whether they live in St. Helena, Aetna Springs, Oakville or City Center, our clients find that searching for an art-level antique rug is a unique buying experience. Many of our clients become interested in antique rug collecting and connoisseurship once they begin living with just one antique carpet.
Visualizing how your potential carpet choices will look in your home has never been easier with our numerous presentation tools. Claremont Rug Company offers a selection of convenient shopping options even if you do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are local to you – regardless of where you reside.
“Claremont Rug Company offers
a selection of convenient shopping
options even if you do not live
in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
World-Class In-Home and Online Shopping Services in Calistoga
Our website is the ideal tool to rapidly educate and familiarize yourself with the world of antique Oriental carpets, offering abundant and easy-to-digest information on the numerous carpet styles available to your project. Over 1,000+ of our carpets are available for you to browse online at your leisure, with full-size, color-accurate high resolution images only a click away.
All can be easily sorted by size and carpet type, to make your search eminently manageable. You can organize your choices on your own Wish List that is there for you to return to for up to 3 years. As you explore freely through our gallery, carpets of special interest can be flagged and added to your personalized wish list. As you hone your taste, these wish lists can record your favorites, and can be effortlessly forwarded to a designer, architect, spouse or friend with whom you would like to share.
Our extensive online Antique Oriental Rug Educational Section is an expansive resource with sections discussing Decorating with Antique Carpets, Collecting and Connoisseurship, a Nine-point Methodology for Determining Quality and Artistry, Main Categories of Antique Carpets, Antique Oriental Rug Care and much more.
Our highly professional, vastly experienced staff will make your experience of working with us virtually effortless, whether you visit our San Francisco Bay Area gallery complex or take advantage of our In-Home Shopping Service from your home in Calistoga or anywhere else in the US.
“Visualizing how your potential carpet
choices will look in your home has
never been easier with our
numerous presentation tools.”
Antique Carpet Trends in Calistoga
Since we opened our doors in 1980, our niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one – offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. We specialize in pieces with the most stirring artistry and the greatest compatibility with today’s range of decors. Our desire has always been to provide our clients with carpets that will have a magical effect on their home environments and will bring deep satisfaction on a daily basis. These are solid art investments that often become cherished family treasures.
Extraordinary Connoisseur-Level Bakshaish Provides The Essential Foundation For The Modern Signature Home
Whether they live in Rutherford, Yauntville, Woodleaf or Larkmead, our clients find that searching for an art-level antique rug is a unique buying experience. Many of our clients become interested in antique rug collecting and connoisseurship once they begin living with just one antique carpet. In the client’s home pictured to the left (above on mobile), see how the soaring artistry of the very best 19th century Persian carpets is often the key focal point by which a distinguished decor excels, making possible captivating heights of refinement and enjoyment that may otherwise be out of reach. Such is the case with this exceptional allover Bakshaish carpet, which provides the defining feature of a grand entertaining space. The deeply personal, continual variation of its spacious allover pattern and extraordinary sapphire blue to aquamarine abrash striation of the oversize carpet animate the high-ceiling space in a way impossible to duplicate. Rustic hand-hewn beams, flagstone hearth and tasteful fabrics all are defined by their fascinating interactions with this art-level 19th century carpet, allowing each to achieve an even more satisfying resonance.
Luminous, Innovative Artistry of Exceptional Antique Bakshaish Carpet Profoundly Animates California Casual Home.
In the Calistoga client’s home pictured to the right (above on mobile), the casual, comfortable elegance of this inviting home is magnificently enhanced by a one-of-a-kind 19th century Bakshaish carpet. A glowing vinery-filled reserve of soft sand immediately resonates with the diffuse earth tones of the room, while a sensitively abrash-striated floating medallion of stunning aquamarine blue recalls the sunlit space just outside. Its rare oversize dimensions are uniquely appropriate to the high-ceilinged great room. The weaving’s folk art character and joyful, playful spontaneity cheerfully establish an atmosphere where family and guests can find stimulating, enjoyable company.
At Claremont Rug Company, we adhere to a ‘Client-First’ business model in providing the highest level of service to each and every interaction, whether in our physical gallery, via telephone, email or through the internet. What Client First means to us is that customer service begins before a transaction and continues for the lifetime of our relationship. It is an anticipatory approach based on the presumption that those who seek us out deserve a level of service at the highest level possible. To achieve this, it is vital that our Client First attitude is our ethos and we are fervent about it at every level in our organization”, states Claremont Rug Company’s President and Founder, Jan David Winitz.
“We are local to you –
regardless of where you reside.”
Curating an Authentic, Art-level Antique Carpet Collection
We hold a central position on the international market as a “first source” buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship.
We handle a wide range of superbly preserved, oversize (11ft x 15ft to 14ft x 20ft) and palace size art carpets (up to 17ft x 32ft), which are so difficult to find on today’s market. Our inventory of area sizes (2ft x 4ft to 5ft x 7ft ), room sizes (6ft x 9ft to 11ft x 14ft) and runners, up to 25ft long offers virtually limitless possibilities.
Popular Antique Persian and Oriental Rugs Types
Claremont Rug Company’s Guarantees
We offer a long-term Full Exchange Policy on all of the carpets we place, along with full appraisals, and Long-term Care Instructions. You also have the great security of our superb international reputation, built over more than three decades in the field.
“Our proven program of sending
rug images, color-accurate prints and
shipping rugs on approval is
incredibly time-saving and
tremendous effective.”
78. Claremont from Lake Forest and Cook County, Illinois
Claremont from Lake Forest and Cook County, Illinois.
See a 1000+ piece sampling of our current collection of antique art rugs.
Assisting Lake Forest Clients in Building Memorable Displays of Antique Art-Level Persian Carpets since 1980.
Claremont Rug Company has had the privilege of working with many clients in Lake Forest, Illinois since the company’s founding in 1980, helping families furnish their homes with unparalleled collections of art-level antique carpets throughout the Lake Forest area. We invite you to contact us to arrange a home walkthrough/consultation or rug showing. Whether they live in East Lake Forest, Winnetka, Wilmette, Hinsdale or any of the other surrounding Lake Forest area, our clients find that searching for an art-level antique rug is a unique buying experience. Many of our clients become interested in antique rug collecting and connoisseurship once they begin living with just one antique carpet.
Visualizing how your potential carpet choices will look in your home has never been easier with our numerous presentation tools. Claremont Rug Company offers a selection of convenient shopping options even if you do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are local to you – regardless of where you reside.
“Claremont Rug Company offers
a selection of convenient shopping
options even if you do not live
in the East Bay Area.”
World-Class In-Home and Online Shopping Services in Lake Forest, Illinois
Our website is the ideal tool to rapidly educate and familiarize yourself with the world of antique Oriental carpets, offering abundant and easy-to-digest information on the numerous carpet styles available to your project. Over 1,000+ of our carpets are available for you to browse online at your leisure, with full-size, color-accurate high resolution images only a click away.
All can be easily sorted by size and carpet type, to make your search eminently manageable. You can organize your choices on your own Wish List that is there for you to return to for up to 3 years. As you explore freely through our gallery, carpets of special interest can be flagged and added to your personalized wish list. As you hone your taste, these wish lists can record your favorites, and can be effortlessly forwarded to a designer, architect, spouse or friend with whom you would like to share.
Our extensive online Antique Oriental Rug Educational Section is an expansive resource with sections discussing Decorating with Antique Carpets, Collecting and Connoisseurship, a Nine-point Methodology for Determining Quality and Artistry, Main Categories of Antique Carpets, Antique Oriental Rug Care and much more.
Our highly professional, vastly experienced staff will make your experience of working with us virtually effortless, whether you visit our San Francisco Bay Area gallery complex or take advantage of our In-Home Shopping Service from your home in Orange County or anywhere else in the US.
“Visualizing how your potential carpet
choices will look in your home has
never been easier with our
numerous presentation tools.”
Antique Carpet Trends in Lake Forest, Illinois
Spacious Open Field Laver Kirman Carpet Establishes an Atmosphere of Comfortable Relaxation and Inviting Luxury.
Since we opened our doors in 1980, our niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one – offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. We specialize in pieces with the most stirring artistry and the greatest compatibility with today’s range of decors. Our desire has always been to provide our clients with carpets that will have a magical effect on their home environments and will bring deep satisfaction on a daily basis. These are solid art investments that often become cherished family treasures.
To the left (above on mobile), view a Highland Park client’s home and how encounters with entirely unique art objects are always deeply memorable, subconsciously elevating a viewer’s experience in ways that often continue to delight long after first exposure. Such is the effect of this extraordinary Persian Bakshaish rug that will fascinate every dinner guest, including the most seasoned antique carpet connoisseurs, with its totally unexpected, yet profoundly harmonious allover design. Virtuoso abrash allows carefully selected warm reds and an astonishing diversity of prized mid-tone blues to advance and recede with continually changing intensity. Archetypal latchhook and cloudband contours recall the very earliest East Asian symbolism, yet sit extremely well with delicately carved angels and European tapestry, providing this residence with another tableau where connoisseur level carpets seamlessly enrich their eclectic surroundings
Astoundingly Expressive Early Kermanshah Carpet Fills Sophisticated Sitting Room with Deeply Engaging, Refined Atmosphere.
Whether they live in Inverness, Glencoe, Chicago’s Gold Coast or any of the surrounding areas, our clients find that searching for an art-level antique rug is a unique buying experience. Many of our clients become interested in antique rug collecting and connoisseurship once they begin living with just one antique carpet. A perfect example is the Lake Bluff client’s home, pictured to the right (above on mobile). The room is as enjoyable in the overhead view as it would be by firelight from the hearth, this sublime rug is an inspired choice for the dual viewing opportunities this room affords. Its large, splendiferous medallion from above accentuates the grand scale of the walls while the refinement of its finely etched drawing and age-softened colors provide immeasurable delight for up-close enjoyment. At 170-years- of-age, this well-proportioned, virtuoso Kermanshah Court carpet draws the viewer to delve deeply into its attentively rendered botanical imagery. With this entirely one-in-the-world piece on the floor, the comfortable ample seating and space for a game of cards creates a tempting oasis for relaxation.
At Claremont Rug Company, we adhere to a ‘Client-First’ business model in providing the highest level of service to each and every interaction, whether in our physical gallery, via telephone, email or through the internet. What Client First means to us is that customer service begins before a transaction and continues for the lifetime of our relationship. It is an anticipatory approach based on the presumption that those who seek us out deserve a level of service at the highest level possible. To achieve this, it is vital that our Client First attitude is our ethos and we are fervent about it at every level in our organization”, states Claremont Rug Company’s President and Founder, Jan David Winitz.
“We are local to you –
regardless of where you reside.”
Curating an Authentic, Art-level Antique Carpet Collection
We hold a central position on the international market as a “first source” buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship.
We handle a wide range of superbly preserved, oversize (11ft x 15ft to 14ft x 20ft) and palace size art carpets (up to 17ft x 32ft), which are so difficult to find on today’s market. Our inventory of area sizes (2ft x 4ft to 5ft x 7ft ), room sizes (6ft x 9ft to 11ft x 14ft) and runners, up to 25ft long offers virtually limitless possibilities.
Popular Antique Persian and Oriental Rugs Types
Claremont Rug Company’s Guarantees
We offer a long-term Full Exchange Policy on all of the carpets we place, along with full appraisals, and Long-term Care Instructions. You also have the great security of our superb international reputation, built over more than three decades in the field.
“Our proven program of sending
rug images, color-accurate prints and
shipping rugs on approval is
incredibly time-saving and
tremendous effective.”
79. Shopping with Claremont from Orange County
Shopping with Claremont from Orange County
See a 1000+ piece sampling of our current collection of antique art rugs.
Assisting Orange County Clients in Building Memorable Displays of Antique Art-Level Persian Carpets since 1980.
Claremont Rug Company has had the privilege of working with many clients in Orange County since the company’s founding in 1980, helping families furnish their homes with unparalleled collections of art-level antique carpets throughout the Orange County area. We invite you to contact us to arrange a home walkthrough/consultation or rug showing. Whether they live in Laguna Beach, Dana Point or any of the other surrounding Orange County area, our clients find that searching for an art-level antique rug is a unique buying experience. Many of our clients become interested in antique rug collecting and connoisseurship once they begin living with just one antique carpet.
Visualizing how your potential carpet choices will look in your home has never been easier with our numerous presentation tools. Claremont Rug Company offers a selection of convenient shopping options even if you do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are local to you – regardless of where you reside.
“Claremont Rug Company offers
a selection of convenient shopping
options even if you do not live
in the East Bay Area.”
World-Class In-Home and Online Shopping Services in Orange County
Our website is the ideal tool to rapidly educate and familiarize yourself with the world of antique Oriental carpets, offering abundant and easy-to-digest information on the numerous carpet styles available to your project. Over 1,000+ of our carpets are available for you to browse online at your leisure, with full-size, color-accurate high resolution images only a click away.
All can be easily sorted by size and carpet type, to make your search eminently manageable. You can organize your choices on your own Wish List that is there for you to return to for up to 3 years. As you explore freely through our gallery, carpets of special interest can be flagged and added to your personalized wish list. As you hone your taste, these wish lists can record your favorites, and can be effortlessly forwarded to a designer, architect, spouse or friend with whom you would like to share.
Our extensive online Antique Oriental Rug Educational Section is an expansive resource with sections discussing Decorating with Antique Carpets, Collecting and Connoisseurship, a Nine-point Methodology for Determining Quality and Artistry, Main Categories of Antique Carpets, Antique Oriental Rug Care and much more.
Our highly professional, vastly experienced staff will make your experience of working with us virtually effortless, whether you visit our San Francisco Bay Area gallery complex or take advantage of our In-Home Shopping Service from your home in Orange County or anywhere else in the US.
“Visualizing how your potential carpet
choices will look in your home has
never been easier with our
numerous presentation tools.”
Antique Carpet Trends in Orange County, California
Luminous, Innovative Artistry of Exceptional Antique Bakshaish Carpet Profoundly Animates California Casual Home.
Since we opened our doors in 1980, our niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one – offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. We specialize in pieces with the most stirring artistry and the greatest compatibility with today’s range of decors. Our desire has always been to provide our clients with carpets that will have a magical effect on their home environments and will bring deep satisfaction on a daily basis. These are solid art investments that often become cherished family treasures.
To the left (above on mobile), view how the casual, comfortable elegance of this inviting California home is magnificently enhanced by a one-of-a-kind 19th century Bakshaish carpet. A glowing vinery-filled reserve of soft sand immediately resonates with the diffuse earth tones of the room, while a sensitively abrash-striated floating medallion of stunning aquamarine blue recalls the sunlit space just outside. Its rare oversize dimensions are uniquely appropriate to the high-ceilinged great room. The weaving’s folk art character and joyful, playful spontaneity cheerfully establish an atmosphere where family and guests can find stimulating, enjoyable company.
Outstanding 19th century Malayer Camelhair Brings Subtle, Immersive Enrichment To Elegant Dining Room
Whether they live in Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, Newport Beach, San Clemente or Trabuco Canyon, our clients find that searching for an art-level antique rug is a unique buying experience. Many of our clients become interested in antique rug collecting and connoisseurship once they begin living with just one antique carpet. A perfect example is the client’s home, pictured to the right (above on mobile). Here see an exquisite full room size Malayer Camelhair carpets, quite seldom encountered, particularly when they offer the remarkably harmonious allover design and individual creative attention of this singular piece. Surrounded by refined finishes and silver lighting sconces, the uncommon nuance within the subtly changing latticework becomes even more enlivening and fresh. Luminous blonde-toned camelhair brings its own special luminosity, amplified by eggshell paint tones and the soft organic hues of the homeowner’s favorite landscape and still life scenes. The surprisingly sophisticated compositional effects present in the best 19th century village carpets create a natural compatibility with elegant traditional decors, as well as modern spaces.
At Claremont Rug Company, we adhere to a ‘Client-First’ business model in providing the highest level of service to each and every interaction, whether in our physical gallery, via telephone, email or through the internet. What Client First means to us is that customer service begins before a transaction and continues for the lifetime of our relationship. It is an anticipatory approach based on the presumption that those who seek us out deserve a level of service at the highest level possible. To achieve this, it is vital that our Client First attitude is our ethos and we are fervent about it at every level in our organization”, states Claremont Rug Company’s President and Founder, Jan David Winitz.
“We are local to you –
regardless of where you reside.”
Curating an Authentic, Art-level Antique Carpet Collection
We hold a central position on the international market as a “first source” buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship.
We handle a wide range of superbly preserved, oversize (11ft x 15ft to 14ft x 20ft) and palace size art carpets (up to 17ft x 32ft), which are so difficult to find on today’s market. Our inventory of area sizes (2ft x 4ft to 5ft x 7ft ), room sizes (6ft x 9ft to 11ft x 14ft) and runners, up to 25ft long offers virtually limitless possibilities.
Popular Antique Persian and Oriental Rugs Types
Claremont Rug Company’s Guarantees
We offer a long-term Full Exchange Policy on all of the carpets we place, along with full appraisals, and Long-term Care Instructions. You also have the great security of our superb international reputation, built over more than three decades in the field.
“Our proven program of sending
rug images, color-accurate prints and
shipping rugs on approval is
incredibly time-saving and
tremendous effective.”
80. Shopping with Claremont from Southeast Florida
Shopping with Claremont from the Southeast Florida
See a 1000+ piece sampling of our current collection of antique art rugs.
Assisting Southeast Florida Clients in Building Collections of Antique Art-Level Persian and Oriental Carpets Since 1980
Claremont Rug Company has had the privilege of working with many clients in Southeast Florida since the company’s founding in 1980, helping families build incomparable collections of art-level antique carpets. Many unique architectural styles developed in Florida during the turn of the 20th century. Our Floridian clientele appreciates the experience of pairing our fine art-level Oriental rugs with their architecturally unique Spanish Mission or Mediterranean style homes.
Visualizing how your potential carpet choices will look in your home has never been easier with our numerous presentation tools. Claremont Rug Company offers a selection of convenient shopping options even if you do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are local to you – regardless of where you reside.
“Claremont Rug Company offers
a selection of convenient shopping
options even if you do not live
in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
World-Class In-Home and Online Shopping Services in the Southeast Florida
Our website is the ideal tool to rapidly educate and familiarize yourself with the world of antique Oriental carpets, offering abundant and easy-to-digest information on the numerous carpet styles available to your project. Over 1,000+ of our carpets are available for you to browse online at your leisure, with full-size, color-accurate high resolution images only a click away.
All can be easily sorted by size and carpet type, to make your search eminently manageable. You can organize your choices on your own Wish List that is there for you to return to for up to 3 years. As you explore freely through our gallery, carpets of special interest can be flagged and added to your personalized wish list. As you hone your taste, these wish lists can record your favorites, and can be effortlessly forwarded to a designer, architect, spouse or friend with whom you would like to share.
Our extensive online Antique Oriental Rug Educational Section is an expansive resource with sections discussing Decorating with Antique Carpets, Collecting and Connoisseurship, a Nine-point Methodology for Determining Quality and Artistry, Main Categories of Antique Carpets, Antique Oriental Rug Care and much more.
Our highly professional, vastly experienced staff will make your experience of working with us virtually effortless, whether you visit our San Francisco Bay Area gallery complex or take advantage of our In-Home Shopping Service from your home in Southeast Florida or anywhere else in the US.
“Visualizing how your potential carpet
choices will look in your home has
never been easier with our
numerous presentation tools.”
Antique Carpet Trends in Southeast Florida
Since we opened our doors in 1980, our niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one – offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. We specialize in pieces with the most stirring artistry and the greatest compatibility with today’s range of decors. Our desire has always been to provide our clients with carpets that will have a magical effect on their home environments and will bring deep satisfaction on a daily basis. These are solid art investments that often become cherished family treasures.
A mid-19th century Persian Bakshaish rug animates the clean contemporary lines of this Florida waterfront condominium.
Pictured to the left (above on mobile), is a client’s seasonal Florida residence whose modern elegance perfectly integrates with the 19th century Persian Bakshaish rug seen here. Waves of rhythmic abrash striation in the Bakshaish rug’s eye-catching azure blue border tastefully evoke the waters nearby.
1875 Laver Kirman Rug Creates a Spa Oasis in Miami, Florida Getaway.
Famous luxury neighborhoods such as Prospect Park and Flamingo Park are comprised of Spanish Mission, Mediterranean Revival, and Ranch-style homes identifiable for features like hardwood floors, “Florida Rooms”, or spaces with lots of natural light, used as a place to relax, and oversized swimming pools. In the photo above view a client’s West Palm Beach Mediterranean Revival home featuring an elaborately decorated bathroom with an antique rug from our collection. Pictured to the right (above on mobile), a delightful, diminutive circa 1875 Laver Kirman rug is the focal point of the bathroom, where the bold, inviting burgundy and indigo tones of the rug perfectly accentuate the warmth of the elaborately carved wooden vanity. The overall effect is refined and elegant, turning the bathroom into a tropical spa oasis. Often times when our clients begin living with just one antique carpet, they find how enlivening the experience of adding an antique art-level carpet can be to a home and develop a growing desire to collect.
At Claremont Rug Company, we adhere to a ‘Client-First’ business model in providing the highest level of service to each and every interaction, whether in our physical gallery, via telephone, email or through the internet. What Client First means to us is that customer service begins before a transaction and continues for the lifetime of our relationship. It is an anticipatory approach based on the presumption that those who seek us out deserve a level of service at the highest level possible. To achieve this, it is vital that our Client First attitude is our ethos and we are fervent about it at every level in our organization”, states Claremont Rug Company’s President and Founder, Jan David Winitz.
“We are local to you –
regardless of where you reside.”
Curating an Authentic, Art-level Antique Carpet Collection
We hold a central position on the international market as a “first source” buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship.
We handle a wide range of superbly preserved, oversize (11ft x 15ft to 14ft x 20ft) and palace size art carpets (up to 17ft x 32ft), which are so difficult to find on today’s market. Our inventory of area sizes (2ft x 4ft to 5ft x 7ft ), room sizes (6ft x 9ft to 11ft x 14ft) and runners, up to 25ft long offers virtually limitless possibilities.
Popular Antique Persian and Oriental Rugs Types
Claremont Rug Company’s Guarantees
We offer a long-term Full Exchange Policy on all of the carpets we place, along with full appraisals, and Long-term Care Instructions. You also have the great security of our superb international reputation, built over more than three decades in the field.
“Our proven program of sending
rug images, color-accurate prints and
shipping rugs on approval is
incredibly time-saving and
tremendous effective.”
81. Shopping with Claremont from Seattle
Shopping with Claremont from Seattle
See a 1000+ piece sampling of our current collection of antique art rugs.
Assisting Seattle Clients in Building Collections of Antique Art-Level Persian and Oriental Carpets Since 1980
Claremont Rug Company has had the privilege of working with many clients in Seattle, Washington since the company’s founding in 1980, helping families build incomparable collections of art-level antique carpets. Many unique architectural styles developed in Seattle during the end of the 19th century and turn of the 20th century. Our Seattle clientele appreciates the experience of pairing our fine art-level Oriental rugs with their architecturally unique homes whether they own an exquisite Georgian Masterpiece in Broadmoor or an iconic estate of The Highlands neighborhood or a breathtaking Foursquare mansion in Laurelhurst or any style home in between.
Visualizing how your potential carpet choices will look in your home has never been easier with our numerous presentation tools. Claremont Rug Company offers a selection of convenient shopping options even if you do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are local to you – regardless of where you reside.
“Claremont Rug Company offers
a selection of convenient shopping
options even if you do not live
in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
World-Class In-Home and Online Shopping Services in Seattle
Our website is the ideal tool to rapidly educate and familiarize yourself with the world of antique Oriental carpets, offering abundant and easy-to-digest information on the numerous carpet styles available to your project. Over 1,000+ of our carpets are available for you to browse online at your leisure, with full-size, color-accurate high resolution images only a click away.
All can be easily sorted by size and carpet type, to make your search eminently manageable. You can organize your choices on your own Wish List that is there for you to return to for up to 3 years. As you explore freely through our gallery, carpets of special interest can be flagged and added to your personalized wish list. As you hone your taste, these wish lists can record your favorites, and can be effortlessly forwarded to a designer, architect, spouse or friend with whom you would like to share.
Our extensive online Antique Oriental Rug Educational Section is an expansive resource with sections discussing Decorating with Antique Carpets, Collecting and Connoisseurship, a Nine-point Methodology for Determining Quality and Artistry, Main Categories of Antique Carpets, Antique Oriental Rug Care and much more.
Our highly professional, vastly experienced staff will make your experience of working with us virtually effortless, whether you visit our San Francisco Bay Area gallery complex or take advantage of our In-Home Shopping Service from your home in Seattle or anywhere else in the US.
“Visualizing how your potential carpet
choices will look in your home has
never been easier with our
numerous presentation tools.”
Antique Carpet Trends in Seattle
Since we opened our doors in 1980, our niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one – offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. We specialize in pieces with the most stirring artistry and the greatest compatibility with today’s range of decors. Our desire has always been to provide our clients with carpets that will have a magical effect on their home environments and will bring deep satisfaction on a daily basis. These are solid art investments that often become cherished family treasures.
Whether they live in Madison Park, Medina, Madrona Waterfront or North Queen Anne, our clients find that searching for an art-level antique rug is a unique buying experience. Our Seattle clients discover how enlivening the experience of adding an antique art-level carpet can be to a home and develop a growing desire to collect and learn more about antique Persian and Oriental rugs.
At Claremont Rug Company, we adhere to a ‘Client-First’ business model in providing the highest level of service to each and every interaction, whether in our physical gallery, via telephone, email or through the internet. What Client First means to us is that customer service begins before a transaction and continues for the lifetime of our relationship. It is an anticipatory approach based on the presumption that those who seek us out deserve a level of service at the highest level possible. To achieve this, it is vital that our Client First attitude is our ethos and we are fervent about it at every level in our organization”, states Claremont Rug Company’s President and Founder, Jan David Winitz.
“We are local to you –
regardless of where you reside.”
Curating an Authentic, Art-level Antique Carpet Collection
We hold a central position on the international market as a “first source” buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship.
We handle a wide range of superbly preserved, oversize (11ft x 15ft to 14ft x 20ft) and palace size art carpets (up to 17ft x 32ft), which are so difficult to find on today’s market. Our inventory of area sizes (2ft x 4ft to 5ft x 7ft ), room sizes (6ft x 9ft to 11ft x 14ft) and runners, up to 25ft long offers virtually limitless possibilities.
Popular Antique Persian and Oriental Rugs Types
Claremont Rug Company’s Guarantees
We offer a long-term Full Exchange Policy on all of the carpets we place, along with full appraisals, and Long-term Care Instructions. You also have the great security of our superb international reputation, built over more than three decades in the field.
“Our proven program of sending
rug images, color-accurate prints and
shipping rugs on approval is
incredibly time-saving and
tremendous effective.”
82. Shopping with Claremont from New York State
Shopping with Claremont from New York State
See a 1000+ piece sampling of our current collection of antique art rugs.
Assisting New York State Clients in Building Collections of Antique Art-Level Persian and Oriental Carpets Since 1980
Claremont Rug Company has had the privilege of working with many clients in New York since the company’s founding in 1980, helping families build incomparable collections of art-level antique carpets. Many unique architectural styles developed in New York during the end of the 19th century and turn of the 20th century. Our New York clientele appreciates the experience of pairing our fine art-level Oriental rugs with their architecturally unique homes whether they own a historic Upper-East Side townhouse or a majestically sleek and modern Beaux Arts-inspired estate or any style home in between.
Visualizing how your potential carpet choices will look in your home has never been easier with our numerous presentation tools. Claremont Rug Company offers a selection of convenient shopping options even if you do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are local to you – regardless of where you reside.
“Claremont Rug Company offers
a selection of convenient shopping
options even if you do not live
in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
World-Class In-Home and Online Shopping Services in New York State
Our website is the ideal tool to rapidly educate and familiarize yourself with the world of antique Oriental carpets, offering abundant and easy-to-digest information on the numerous carpet styles available to your project. Over 1,000+ of our carpets are available for you to browse online at your leisure, with full-size, color-accurate high resolution images only a click away.
All can be easily sorted by size and carpet type, to make your search eminently manageable. You can organize your choices on your own Wish List that is there for you to return to for up to 3 years. As you explore freely through our gallery, carpets of special interest can be flagged and added to your personalized wish list. As you hone your taste, these wish lists can record your favorites, and can be effortlessly forwarded to a designer, architect, spouse or friend with whom you would like to share.
Our extensive online Antique Oriental Rug Educational Section is an expansive resource with sections discussing Decorating with Antique Carpets, Collecting and Connoisseurship, a Nine-point Methodology for Determining Quality and Artistry, Main Categories of Antique Carpets, Antique Oriental Rug Care and much more.
Our highly professional, vastly experienced staff will make your experience of working with us virtually effortless, whether you visit our San Francisco Bay Area gallery complex or take advantage of our In-Home Shopping Service from your home in New York State or anywhere else in the US.
“Visualizing how your potential carpet
choices will look in your home has
never been easier with our
numerous presentation tools.”
Antique Carpet Trends in New York State
Since we opened our doors in 1980, our niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one – offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. We specialize in pieces with the most stirring artistry and the greatest compatibility with today’s range of decors. Our desire has always been to provide our clients with carpets that will have a magical effect on their home environments and will bring deep satisfaction on a daily basis. These are solid art investments that often become cherished family treasures.
Often times when our clients begin living with just one antique carpet, they find how enlivening the experience of adding an antique art-level carpet can be to a home and develop a growing desire to collect. From a stunning Park Avenue neo-Gothic-style penthouse to an awe-inspiring Upper East side home to any style your New York home may be, an antique Persian carpet breathes new life into any home. Over the nearly four decades Claremont Rug Company has been in business, we have found the experience of collecting and connoisseurship is one our clients find very fulfilling and unique.
At Claremont Rug Company, we adhere to a ‘Client-First’ business model in providing the highest level of service to each and every interaction, whether in our physical gallery, via telephone, email or through the internet. What Client First means to us is that customer service begins before a transaction and continues for the lifetime of our relationship. It is an anticipatory approach based on the presumption that those who seek us out deserve a level of service at the highest level possible. To achieve this, it is vital that our Client First attitude is our ethos and we are fervent about it at every level in our organization”, states Claremont Rug Company’s President and Founder, Jan David Winitz.
“We are local to you –
regardless of where you reside.”
Curating an Authentic, Art-level Antique Carpet Collection
We hold a central position on the international market as a “first source” buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship.
We handle a wide range of superbly preserved, oversize (11ft x 15ft to 14ft x 20ft) and palace size art carpets (up to 17ft x 32ft), which are so difficult to find on today’s market. Our inventory of area sizes (2ft x 4ft to 5ft x 7ft ), room sizes (6ft x 9ft to 11ft x 14ft) and runners, up to 25ft long offers virtually limitless possibilities.
Popular Antique Persian and Oriental Rugs Types
Claremont Rug Company’s Guarantees
We offer a long-term Full Exchange Policy on all of the carpets we place, along with full appraisals, and Long-term Care Instructions. You also have the great security of our superb international reputation, built over more than three decades in the field.
“Our proven program of sending
rug images, color-accurate prints and
shipping rugs on approval is
incredibly time-saving and
tremendous effective.”
83. Shopping with Claremont from New York City
Shopping with Claremont from New York City
See a 1000+ piece sampling of our current collection of antique art rugs.
Assisting New York City Clients in Building Collections of Antique Art-Level Persian and Oriental Carpets Since 1980
Claremont Rug Company has had the privilege of working with many clients in New York City since the company’s founding in 1980, helping families build incomparable collections of art-level antique carpets. Many unique architectural styles developed in New York during the end of the 19th century and turn of the 20th century. Our New York clientele appreciates the experience of pairing our fine art-level Oriental rugs with their architecturally unique homes whether they own a historic Upper-East Side townhouse or a majestically sleek and modern Beaux Arts-inspired estate or any style home in between.
Visualizing how your potential carpet choices will look in your home has never been easier with our numerous presentation tools. Claremont Rug Company offers a selection of convenient shopping options even if you do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are local to you – regardless of where you reside.
“Claremont Rug Company offers
a selection of convenient shopping
options even if you do not live
in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
World-Class In-Home and Online Shopping Services in New York City
Our website is the ideal tool to rapidly educate and familiarize yourself with the world of antique Oriental carpets, offering abundant and easy-to-digest information on the numerous carpet styles available to your project. Over 1,000+ of our carpets are available for you to browse online at your leisure, with full-size, color-accurate high resolution images only a click away.
All can be easily sorted by size and carpet type, to make your search eminently manageable. You can organize your choices on your own Wish List that is there for you to return to for up to 3 years. As you explore freely through our gallery, carpets of special interest can be flagged and added to your personalized wish list. As you hone your taste, these wish lists can record your favorites, and can be effortlessly forwarded to a designer, architect, spouse or friend with whom you would like to share.
Our extensive online Antique Oriental Rug Educational Section is an expansive resource with sections discussing Decorating with Antique Carpets, Collecting and Connoisseurship, a Nine-point Methodology for Determining Quality and Artistry, Main Categories of Antique Carpets, Antique Oriental Rug Care and much more.
Our highly professional, vastly experienced staff will make your experience of working with us virtually effortless, whether you visit our San Francisco Bay Area gallery complex or take advantage of our In-Home Shopping Service from your home in New York City or anywhere else in the US.
“Visualizing how your potential carpet
choices will look in your home has
never been easier with our
numerous presentation tools.”
Antique Carpet Trends in New York City
Since we opened our doors in 1980, our niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one – offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. We specialize in pieces with the most stirring artistry and the greatest compatibility with today’s range of decors. Our desire has always been to provide our clients with carpets that will have a magical effect on their home environments and will bring deep satisfaction on a daily basis. These are solid art investments that often become cherished family treasures.
Rare Persian Bakshaish Provides The Key Artistic Element To Anchor The Undivided Open Space of An Industrial Loft.
Often times when our clients begin living with just one antique carpet, they find how enlivening the experience of adding an antique art-level carpet can be to a home and develop a growing desire to collect. Pictured to the left (above on mobile), see how the abundant artistic energy of this rare large Persian Bakshaish carpet perfectly resolves the challenge of the converted industrial loft. Its graphic presence provides a natural focal point in this high-ceilinged Manhattan living room, while providing a storehouse for endless contemplation and discovery. Its harmonious, time-softened hues and elemental, archetypal imagery will be continually refreshed by the changing natural light over the course of the day. The carpet’s simplicity brings out the inherent sculptural aspect of the exposed brick, old-growth wooden beams and wrought iron columns, all of which share the 19th-century folkloric rug’s honesty of purpose and materials.
Mid-19th Century Persian Sultanabad Carpet Glows in the Natural Light of this Comfortably Appointed Room.
From a stunning Park Avenue neo-Gothic-style penthouse to an awe-inspiring Upper West side home to any style your New York home may be, an antique Persian carpet breathes new life into any home. Over the nearly four decades Claremont Rug Company has been in business, we have found the experience of collecting and connoisseurship is one our clients find very fulfilling and unique. Pictured to the right (above on mobile), see how an oversized mid-19th century Persian Sultanabad carpet employs welcoming color and glowing patina to enliven this comfortably appointed room graced by sumptuous amounts of natural light and expansive views.
At Claremont Rug Company, we adhere to a ‘Client-First’ business model in providing the highest level of service to each and every interaction, whether in our physical gallery, via telephone, email or through the internet. What Client First means to us is that customer service begins before a transaction and continues for the lifetime of our relationship. It is an anticipatory approach based on the presumption that those who seek us out deserve a level of service at the highest level possible. To achieve this, it is vital that our Client First attitude is our ethos and we are fervent about it at every level in our organization”, states Claremont Rug Company’s President and Founder, Jan David Winitz.
“We are local to you –
regardless of where you reside.”
Curating an Authentic, Art-level Antique Carpet Collection
We hold a central position on the international market as a “first source” buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship.
We handle a wide range of superbly preserved, oversize (11ft x 15ft to 14ft x 20ft) and palace size art carpets (up to 17ft x 32ft), which are so difficult to find on today’s market. Our inventory of area sizes (2ft x 4ft to 5ft x 7ft ), room sizes (6ft x 9ft to 11ft x 14ft) and runners, up to 25ft long offers virtually limitless possibilities.
Popular Antique Persian and Oriental Rugs Types
Claremont Rug Company’s Guarantees
We offer a long-term Full Exchange Policy on all of the carpets we place, along with full appraisals, and Long-term Care Instructions. You also have the great security of our superb international reputation, built over more than three decades in the field.
“Our proven program of sending
rug images, color-accurate prints and
shipping rugs on approval is
incredibly time-saving and
tremendous effective.”
84. Shopping with Claremont from Nashville
Shopping with Claremont from Nashville
See a 1000+ piece sampling of our current collection of antique art rugs.
Assisting Nashville Clients in Building Collections of Antique Art-Level Persian and Oriental Carpets Since 1980
Claremont Rug Company has had the privilege of working with many clients in Nashville, Tennessee, since the company’s founding in 1980, helping families build incomparable collections of art-level antique carpets. Many unique architectural styles developed in Nashville during the end of the 19th century and turn of the 20th century. Our Nashville clientele appreciate the experience of pairing our fine art-level Oriental rugs with their architecturally unique homes, whether they own a stunning European-style home in Northumberland, an elegant Oak Hill custom estate home, an iconic Cotswolds-inspired Belle Meade estate, or any style home in between.
Visualizing how your potential carpet choices will look in your home has never been easier with our numerous presentation tools. Claremont Rug Company offers a selection of convenient shopping options even if you do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are local to you – regardless of where you reside.
“Claremont Rug Company offers
a selection of convenient shopping
options even if you do not live
in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
World-Class In-Home and Online Shopping Services in Nashville
Our website is the ideal tool to rapidly educate and familiarize yourself with the world of antique Oriental carpets, offering abundant and easy-to-digest information on the numerous carpet styles available to your project. Over 1,000+ of our carpets are available for you to browse online at your leisure, with full-size, color-accurate high resolution images only a click away.
All can be easily sorted by size and carpet type, to make your search eminently manageable. You can organize your choices on your own Wish List that is there for you to return to for up to 3 years. As you explore freely through our gallery, carpets of special interest can be flagged and added to your personalized wish list. As you hone your taste, these wish lists can record your favorites, and can be effortlessly forwarded to a designer, architect, spouse or friend with whom you would like to share.
Our extensive online Antique Oriental Rug Educational Section is an expansive resource with sections discussing Decorating with Antique Carpets, Collecting and Connoisseurship, a Nine-point Methodology for Determining Quality and Artistry, Main Categories of Antique Carpets, Antique Oriental Rug Care and much more.
Our highly professional, vastly experienced staff will make your experience of working with us virtually effortless, whether you visit our San Francisco Bay Area gallery complex or take advantage of our In-Home Shopping Service from your home in Nashville or anywhere else in the US.
“Visualizing how your potential carpet
choices will look in your home has
never been easier with our
numerous presentation tools.”
Antique Carpet Trends in Nashville
Mid-19th century “Garden of Paradise” Laver Kirman Rug in Peaceful Living Room
Since we opened our doors in 1980, our niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one – offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. We specialize in pieces with the most stirring artistry and the greatest compatibility with today’s range of decors. Our desire has always been to provide our clients with carpets that will have a magical effect on their home environments and will bring deep satisfaction on a daily basis. These are solid art investments that often become cherished family treasures.
In our Nashville client’s home pictured to the left (above on mobile), this painterly mid-19th century Laver Kirman “Garden of Paradise” carpet provides the ideal serene base for this traditional living room of a Southern home. Whether our clients live in Belle Mead, Green Hills, Forest Hills, Oak Hills, Radnor Lake, 12th Ave. South, Belmont-Hillsboro, or The Gulch, they find that searching for an art-level antique rug is a unique buying experience. Many of our clients become interested in antique rug collecting and connoisseurship once they begin living with just one antique carpet.
Antique Persian Manchester Kashan Rug Enhances the Understated Elegance of Living Room in the Traditional Southern Home.
Pictured to the right (above on mobile), see how our client’s gracious Nashville colonial interior is greatly enlivened by an antique circa 1910 Manchester Kashan rug. Using extraordinarily lustrous merino wool this antique Persian carpet exerts a powerful magnetism to anchor the entire space. It draws the viewer’s eye deep into the exceptionally intricate nuances of its grand botanical medallion composition. Soft cream fabrics, ivory moldings and warm hardwoods are made even more inviting by the counterpoint of the saturated color and shimmering, lanolin-rich wool of this antique Persian rug, a perfect consonant with the antique American furniture and Dutch Delftware vases that adorn the mantle. The richness of the carpet reflects the delicacy and grace of each piece, especially the original, hand-colored lithograph from John Gould’s famed Family of Hummingbirds, a seminal 1849 work from this great Audubon-era bird illustrator. Often times when our clients begin living with just one antique carpet, they find how enlivening the experience of adding an antique art-level carpet can be to a home and develop a growing desire to collect.
At Claremont Rug Company, we adhere to a ‘Client-First’ business model in providing the highest level of service to each and every interaction, whether in our physical gallery, via telephone, email or through the internet. What Client First means to us is that customer service begins before a transaction and continues for the lifetime of our relationship. It is an anticipatory approach based on the presumption that those who seek us out deserve a level of service at the highest level possible. To achieve this, it is vital that our Client First attitude is our ethos and we are fervent about it at every level in our organization”, states Claremont Rug Company’s President and Founder, Jan David Winitz.
“We are local to you –
regardless of where you reside.”
Curating an Authentic, Art-level Antique Carpet Collection
We hold a central position on the international market as a “first source” buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship.
We handle a wide range of superbly preserved, oversize (11ft x 15ft to 14ft x 20ft) and palace size art carpets (up to 17ft x 32ft), which are so difficult to find on today’s market. Our inventory of area sizes (2ft x 4ft to 5ft x 7ft ), room sizes (6ft x 9ft to 11ft x 14ft) and runners, up to 25ft long offers virtually limitless possibilities.
Popular Antique Persian and Oriental Rugs Types
Claremont Rug Company’s Guarantees
We offer a long-term Full Exchange Policy on all of the carpets we place, along with full appraisals, and Long-term Care Instructions. You also have the great security of our superb international reputation, built over more than three decades in the field.
“Our proven program of sending
rug images, color-accurate prints and
shipping rugs on approval is
incredibly time-saving and
tremendous effective.”
85. Shopping with Claremont from Naples, FL
Shopping with Claremont from Naples, Florida
See a 1000+ piece sampling of our current collection of antique art rugs.
Assisting Naples Clients in Building Collections of Antique Art-Level Persian and Oriental Carpets Since 1980
Claremont Rug Company has had the privilege of working with many clients in Naples since the company’s founding in 1980, helping families build incomparable collections of art-level antique carpets. Many unique architectural styles developed in Naples during the end of the 19th century and turn of the 20th century. Our Naples clientele appreciates the experience of pairing our fine art-level Oriental rugs with their architecturally unique homes whether they reside in a traditional style estate in Cape Coral or aa coastal-contemporary style home in Bonita Springs or any style in between.
Visualizing how your potential carpet choices will look in your home has never been easier with our numerous presentation tools. Claremont Rug Company offers a selection of convenient shopping options even if you do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are local to you – regardless of where you reside.
“Claremont Rug Company offers
a selection of convenient shopping
options even if you do not live
in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
World-Class In-Home and Online Shopping Services in Naples
Our website is the ideal tool to rapidly educate and familiarize yourself with the world of antique Oriental carpets, offering abundant and easy-to-digest information on the numerous carpet styles available to your project. Over 1,000+ of our carpets are available for you to browse online at your leisure, with full-size, color-accurate high resolution images only a click away.
All can be easily sorted by size and carpet type, to make your search eminently manageable. You can organize your choices on your own Wish List that is there for you to return to for up to 3 years. As you explore freely through our gallery, carpets of special interest can be flagged and added to your personalized wish list. As you hone your taste, these wish lists can record your favorites, and can be effortlessly forwarded to a designer, architect, spouse or friend with whom you would like to share.
Our extensive online Antique Oriental Rug Educational Section is an expansive resource with sections discussing Decorating with Antique Carpets, Collecting and Connoisseurship, a Nine-point Methodology for Determining Quality and Artistry, Main Categories of Antique Carpets, Antique Oriental Rug Care and much more.
Our highly professional, vastly experienced staff will make your experience of working with us virtually effortless, whether you visit our San Francisco Bay Area gallery complex or take advantage of our In-Home Shopping Service from your home in Naples or anywhere else in the US.
“Visualizing how your potential carpet
choices will look in your home has
never been easier with our
numerous presentation tools.”
Antique Carpet Trends in Naples
Since we opened our doors in 1980, our niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one – offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. We specialize in pieces with the most stirring artistry and the greatest compatibility with today’s range of decors. Our desire has always been to provide our clients with carpets that will have a magical effect on their home environments and will bring deep satisfaction on a daily basis. These are solid art investments that often become cherished family treasures.
An Oversize Antique Persian Carpet Unifies Family Room of Naples, Florida Home.
The coastal town of Naples has evolved over the years into a locale attracting residents desiring the great luxury of living with amazing shoreline views of Treasure Cove, Man-O-War Cove and Champney Bay to name a few. Known as one of America’s most luxurious tropical retreats for over a hundred and twenty years, residents of Naples’ have been drawn to Claremont Rug Company’s vast collection of one-of-a-kind art-caliber Persian rugs and other antique Oriental carpets to adorn their beachfront estates. Pictured to the left (above on mobile), view how an antique Sultanabad Persian carpet in a Naples client’s stunning family room is an exemplar representation of how exquisitely Claremont’s art rugs pair with a multitude of popular architectural styles from Florida-Mediterranean style to Bermuda-style to coastal living style. The elite clientele in Naples greatly appreciates our consultative, world-class customer service like our In-Home Shopping services which provides a variety of convenient ways for customers to find the perfect fitting rug for any room of their home.
A Quintet of Unique Area Size Antique Rugs Each Adds their Own Note to an Eclectic Music Room
Affluent neighborhoods like Port Royal, Aqualane Shores, Grey Oaks, Pelican Bay, and Park Shore whose luxurious residences look out over the Gulf of Mexico have produced many loyal customers to Claremont. Our clientele from Naples’ most exclusive private communities return time and time again to adorn beautiful luxury homes with art rugs which enhance the interiors to mirror the grandeur of the exteriors. After nearly four decades of providing the most sought-after antique Persian rugs to our Naples clientele, we have found many customers develop an insatiable appetite for collecting these unique pieces of antique art once they begin living with just one. This experience is illustrated perfectly in the Naples client’s eclectic music room decorated artfully with an awe-inspiring collection of five 19th century Oriental art rugs, pictured to the right (above on mobile).
At Claremont Rug Company, we adhere to a ‘Client-First’ business model in providing the highest level of service to each and every interaction, whether in our physical gallery, via telephone, email or through the internet. What Client First means to us is that customer service begins before a transaction and continues for the lifetime of our relationship. It is an anticipatory approach based on the presumption that those who seek us out deserve a level of service at the highest level possible. To achieve this, it is vital that our Client First attitude is our ethos and we are fervent about it at every level in our organization”, states Claremont Rug Company’s President and Founder, Jan David Winitz.
“We are local to you –
regardless of where you reside.”
Curating an Authentic, Art-level Antique Carpet Collection
We hold a central position on the international market as a “first source” buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship.
We handle a wide range of superbly preserved, oversize (11ft x 15ft to 14ft x 20ft) and palace size art carpets (up to 17ft x 32ft), which are so difficult to find on today’s market. Our inventory of area sizes (2ft x 4ft to 5ft x 7ft ), room sizes (6ft x 9ft to 11ft x 14ft) and runners, up to 25ft long offers virtually limitless possibilities.
Popular Antique Persian and Oriental Rugs Types
Claremont Rug Company’s Guarantees
We offer a long-term Full Exchange Policy on all of the carpets we place, along with full appraisals, and Long-term Care Instructions. You also have the great security of our superb international reputation, built over more than three decades in the field.
“Our proven program of sending
rug images, color-accurate prints and
shipping rugs on approval is
incredibly time-saving and
tremendous effective.”
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91. Shopping with Claremont is Easy from Nearby San Francisco
Shopping with Claremont is Easy from Nearby San Francisco
See a 1000+ piece sampling of our current collection of antique art rugs.
Assisting San Francisco Clients in Building Collections of Antique Art-Level Persian and Oriental Carpets Since 1980
Claremont Rug Company has had the privilege of working with many clients in the California Wine Country since the company’s founding in 1980, helping families furnish their homes with unparalleled collections of art-level antique carpets throughout San Francisco. We invite you to contact us to arrange a home walkthrough/consultation or rug showing. Whether they live in a modern high-rise looking over the San Francisco Bay or a chateau in the South of France, our clients find that searching for an art-level antique rug is a unique buying experience. Many of our clients become interested in antique rug collecting and connoisseurship once they begin living with just one antique carpet.
Visualizing how your potential carpet choices will look in your home has never been easier with our numerous presentation tools. Claremont Rug Company offers a selection of convenient shopping options.
“Claremont Rug Company offers
a selection of convenient shopping
options for clientele in the San Francisco area and anywhere else in the US.”
World-Class In-Home and Online Shopping Services in Nearby San Francisco
Our website is the ideal tool to rapidly educate and familiarize yourself with the world of antique Oriental carpets, offering abundant and easy-to-digest information on the numerous carpet styles available to your project. Over 1,000+ of our carpets are available for you to browse online at your leisure, with full-size, color-accurate high resolution images only a click away.
All can be easily sorted by size and carpet type, to make your search eminently manageable. You can organize your choices on your own Wish List that is there for you to return to for up to 3 years. As you explore freely through our gallery, carpets of special interest can be flagged and added to your personalized wish list. As you hone your taste, these wish lists can record your favorites, and can be effortlessly forwarded to a designer, architect, spouse or friend with whom you would like to share.
Our extensive online Antique Oriental Rug Educational Section is an expansive resource with sections discussing Decorating with Antique Carpets, Collecting and Connoisseurship, a Nine-point Methodology for Determining Quality and Artistry, Main Categories of Antique Carpets, Antique Oriental Rug Care and much more.
Our highly professional, vastly experienced staff will make your experience of working with us virtually effortless, whether you visit our San Francisco Bay Area gallery complex or take advantage of our In-Home Shopping Service from your home in the San Francisco or anywhere else in the US.
“Visualizing how your potential carpet
choices will look in your home has
never been easier with our
numerous presentation tools.”
Antique Carpet Trends in San Francisco
Geometric Caucasian Tribal Rug Brings Color and Consonance To Contemporary High Rise
Since we opened our doors in 1980, our niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one – offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. We specialize in pieces with the most stirring artistry and the greatest compatibility with today’s range of decors. Our desire has always been to provide our clients with carpets that will have a magical effect on their home environments and will bring deep satisfaction on a daily basis. These are solid art investments that often become cherished family treasures.
Very Rare Sultanabad and Colorful Caucasian Carpets Bring Warm, Human Element That Animates This Urban Apartment
Once our clients discover the extraordinary impact art-level carpets have on their décor, many decide to use them throughout their homes. Following their design sense for supreme refinement and personal expression, they work with us to decorate their residences with complete suites of antique rugs on their floors and walls. Whole home collections truly showcase how antique art rugs can be incorporated into homes of any architectural style, from a sleek downtown high-rise condo to a stately traditional estate. View a collector’s stunning assemblage of extremely rare antique Persian and Caucasian rugs in a modern San Francisco condo here.
View how the extraordinary artistry and nuanced, exquisite coloration of top-tier antique carpets provide the perfect counterpoint to the dramatic floor-to-ceiling views of a modern cityscape’s’ glass and steel high-rise architecture in the room picture top left (above on mobile).
Striking 19th Century Caucasian Lesghi Rug Adds Dynamic Presence To Modern Dining Room
The incredibly potent natural dyes of the superb antique Lesghi tribal rug, pictured bottom left (above on mobile), provide the perfect counterpoint to the minimalist design and modern cityscape that surround this San Francisco collector’s elegant dining area.
Ethereal Celadon Green Based 19th Century Sultanabad Perfectly Complements The Elemental Simplicity of a Modern Bedroom
The quiet, restful atmosphere of this urban apartment’s spacious master bedroom, pictured bottom right (above on mobile), is profoundly enhanced by the unique soft green and pastel coloration of this one-of-a-kind antique Sultanabad art carpet.
As you can see antique art carpets are remarkably unique and can be paired with any interior style and practically used to decorate any room. This San Francisco connoisseur’s whole home collection is a perfect example of how antique rugs can unite a home’s décor. By marrying an antique art carpet with modern furnishings and ornamentations a room gains brand new life with the design rooted in the past and present.
Click to view the entire Modern Downtown Condo Whole Home Collection
At Claremont Rug Company, we adhere to a ‘Client-First’ business model in providing the highest level of service to each and every interaction, whether in our physical gallery, via telephone, email or through the internet. What Client First means to us is that customer service begins before a transaction and continues for the lifetime of our relationship. It is an anticipatory approach based on the presumption that those who seek us out deserve a level of service at the highest level possible. To achieve this, it is vital that our Client First attitude is our ethos and we are fervent about it at every level in our organization”, states Claremont Rug Company’s President and Founder, Jan David Winitz.
“We are local to you –
regardless of where you reside.”
Curating an Authentic, Art-level Antique Carpet Collection
We hold a central position on the international market as a “first source” buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship.
We handle a wide range of superbly preserved, oversize (11ft x 15ft to 14ft x 20ft) and palace size art carpets (up to 17ft x 32ft), which are so difficult to find on today’s market. Our inventory of area sizes (2ft x 4ft to 5ft x 7ft ), room sizes (6ft x 9ft to 11ft x 14ft) and runners, up to 25ft long offers virtually limitless possibilities.
Popular Antique Persian and Oriental Rugs Types
Claremont Rug Company’s Guarantees
We offer a long-term Full Exchange Policy on all of the carpets we place, along with full appraisals, and Long-term Care Instructions. You also have the great security of our superb international reputation, built over more than three decades in the field.
“Our proven program of sending
rug images, color-accurate prints and
shipping rugs on approval is
incredibly time-saving and
tremendous effective.”
92. Shopping with Claremont from Santa Barbara
Shopping with Claremont from Santa Barbara
See a 1000+ piece sampling of our current collection of antique art rugs.
Assisting Santa Barbara Clients in Building Collections of Antique Art-Level Persian and Oriental Carpets Since 1980
Claremont Rug Company has had the privilege of working with many clients in Santa Barbara since the company’s founding in 1980, helping families furnish their homes with unparalleled collections of art-level antique carpets throughout Santa Barbara County. We have assisted our Santa Barbara client’s in enriching the decor of their homes in the most exclusive communities such as Mission Canyon, San Roque, Mesa, Montecito, Hope Ranch, Riviera and Carpinteria to name a few.
Visualizing how your potential carpet choices will look in your home has never been easier with our numerous presentation tools. Claremont Rug Company offers a selection of convenient shopping options even if you do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are local to you – regardless of where you reside.
“Claremont Rug Company offers
a selection of convenient shopping
options even if you do not live
in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
World-Class In-Home and Online Shopping Services in Santa Barbara
Our website is the ideal tool to rapidly educate and familiarize yourself with the world of antique Oriental carpets, offering abundant and easy-to-digest information on the numerous carpet styles available to your project. Over 1,000+ of our carpets are available for you to browse online at your leisure, with full-size, color-accurate high resolution images only a click away.
All can be easily sorted by size and carpet type, to make your search eminently manageable. You can organize your choices on your own Wish List that is there for you to return to for up to 3 years. As you explore freely through our gallery, carpets of special interest can be flagged and added to your personalized wish list. As you hone your taste, these wish lists can record your favorites, and can be effortlessly forwarded to a designer, architect, spouse or friend with whom you would like to share.
Our extensive online Antique Oriental Rug Educational Section is an expansive resource with sections discussing Decorating with Antique Carpets, Collecting and Connoisseurship, a Nine-point Methodology for Determining Quality and Artistry, Main Categories of Antique Carpets, Antique Oriental Rug Care and much more.
Our highly professional, vastly experienced staff will make your experience of working with us virtually effortless, whether you visit our San Francisco Bay Area gallery complex or take advantage of our In-Home Shopping Service from your home in Santa Barbara or anywhere else in the US.
“Visualizing how your potential carpet
choices will look in your home has
never been easier with our
numerous presentation tools.”
Antique Carpet Trends in Santa Barbara
Exquisite mid-19th century Laver Kirman Carpet Accentuates the Old World Elegance of this Sitting Room
Since we opened our doors in 1980, our niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one – offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. We specialize in pieces with the most stirring artistry and the greatest compatibility with today’s range of decors. Our desire has always been to provide our clients with carpets that will have a magical effect on their home environments and will bring deep satisfaction on a daily basis. These are solid art investments that often become cherished family treasures.
Whether a client’s Santa Barbara area home is a popular Spanish Revival estate, a Mediterranean masterpiece, or a Tuscan-style villa, antique Persian carpets greatly enhance the aesthetic of any style of home. The home pictured to the right (above on mobile), see how a traditional style Santa Barbara sitting room is given new life with the addition of an exquisite mid-19th century Laver Kirman carpet. See in the other home pictured in this section how a distinctive, 19trh century Persian Sultanabad carpet with a prized ivory field becomes the central defining feature of a Montecito family’s comfortable yet collected sitting area, both setting the artistic tone for the room and bringing out the unique aesthetic attributes of everything surrounding it. The antique rug’s large room size dimensions and profusion of attentively rendered scrolling boughs easily and evocatively anchor the high-ceilinged space.
A Rare Ivory Field Sultanabad Deepens Both the Sophistication and Comfort of this Glorious Family Room.
Pictured to the left (above on mobile), see a brilliant example of how a rare ivory field antique Persian Sultanabad carpet brings warmth and sophistication to a client’s Montecito residence. Our clients made the connoisseur’s choice when deciding on this rare, ivory field Sultanabad. This singular antique carpet immeasurably enhances the ambiance of this supremely comfortable, yet sophisticated family room. From California Ranch style homes to distinguished Georgian estates to sophisticated French Country style ranches and every architectural style in between, for nearly four decades Claremont Rug Company has been assisting in enlivening client’s homes with antique art-level Oriental carpets.
At Claremont Rug Company, we adhere to a ‘Client-First’ business model in providing the highest level of service to each and every interaction, whether in our physical gallery, via telephone, email or through the internet. What Client First means to us is that customer service begins before a transaction and continues for the lifetime of our relationship. It is an anticipatory approach based on the presumption that those who seek us out deserve a level of service at the highest level possible. To achieve this, it is vital that our Client First attitude is our ethos and we are fervent about it at every level in our organization”, states Claremont Rug Company’s President and Founder, Jan David Winitz.
“We are local to you –
regardless of where you reside.”
Curating an Authentic, Art-level Antique Carpet Collection
We hold a central position on the international market as a “first source” buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship.
We handle a wide range of superbly preserved, oversize (11ft x 15ft to 14ft x 20ft) and palace size art carpets (up to 17ft x 32ft), which are so difficult to find on today’s market. Our inventory of area sizes (2ft x 4ft to 5ft x 7ft ), room sizes (6ft x 9ft to 11ft x 14ft) and runners, up to 25ft long offers virtually limitless possibilities.
Popular Antique Persian and Oriental Rugs Types
Claremont Rug Company’s Guarantees
We offer a long-term Full Exchange Policy on all of the carpets we place, along with full appraisals, and Long-term Care Instructions. You also have the great security of our superb international reputation, built over more than three decades in the field.
“Our proven program of sending
rug images, color-accurate prints and
shipping rugs on approval is
incredibly time-saving and
tremendous effective.”
93. Shopping with Claremont from Houston, Texas
Shopping with Claremont from Houston, Texas
See a 1000+ piece sampling of our current collection of antique art rugs.
Assisting Houston Clients in Building Collections of Antique Art-Level Persian and Oriental Carpets Since 1980
Claremont Rug Company has had the privilege of working with many clients in the Houston since the company’s founding in 1980, helping families furnish their homes with unparalleled collections of art-level antique carpets. We invite you to contact us to arrange a home walkthrough/consultation or rug showing. Whether they live in Piney Point, River Oaks, Avalon Place or Hunter’s Creek, our clients find that searching for an art-level antique rug is a unique buying experience. Many of our clients become interested in antique rug collecting and connoisseurship once they begin living with just one antique carpet.
Visualizing how your potential carpet choices will look in your home has never been easier with our numerous presentation tools. Claremont Rug Company offers a selection of convenient shopping options even if you do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are local to you – regardless of where you reside.
“Claremont Rug Company offers
a selection of convenient shopping
options even if you do not live
in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
World-Class In-Home and Online Shopping Services in Houston
Our website is the ideal tool to rapidly educate and familiarize yourself with the world of antique Oriental carpets, offering abundant and easy-to-digest information on the numerous carpet styles available to your project. Over 1,000+ of our carpets are available for you to browse online at your leisure, with full-size, color-accurate high resolution images only a click away.
All can be easily sorted by size and carpet type, to make your search eminently manageable. You can organize your choices on your own Wish List that is there for you to return to for up to 3 years. As you explore freely through our gallery, carpets of special interest can be flagged and added to your personalized wish list. As you hone your taste, these wish lists can record your favorites, and can be effortlessly forwarded to a designer, architect, spouse or friend with whom you would like to share.
Our extensive online Antique Oriental Rug Educational Section is an expansive resource with sections discussing Decorating with Antique Carpets, Collecting and Connoisseurship, a Nine-point Methodology for Determining Quality and Artistry, Main Categories of Antique Carpets, Antique Oriental Rug Care and much more.
Our highly professional, vastly experienced staff will make your experience of working with us virtually effortless, whether you visit our San Francisco Bay Area gallery complex or take advantage of our In-Home Shopping Service from your home in Houston or anywhere else in the US.
“Visualizing how your potential carpet
choices will look in your home has
never been easier with our
numerous presentation tools.”
Antique Carpet Trends in Houston
Since we opened our doors in 1980, our niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one – offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. We specialize in pieces with the most stirring artistry and the greatest compatibility with today’s range of decors. Our desire has always been to provide our clients with carpets that will have a magical effect on their home environments and will bring deep satisfaction on a daily basis. These are solid art investments that often become cherished family treasures.
A duo of outstanding antique Ferahan Sarouk carpets unify a gracious old-world living room in River Oaks residence.
The substantial age and character of many of the homes in Houston, Texas, especially in the River Oaks, Memorial and Piney Point Village neighborhoods where many of our clients reside gives an air of time past. A perfect example of exquisite pairing of our rugs with a client’s interior is the Houston client’s home pictured to the right (above on mobile). The open, expansive plan of a gracious living room is completed by the inclusion of two exceptional antique Ferahan Sarouk carpets. The duo’s magnetic artistry unites the spacious entertaining area into a cohesive series of intensely inviting, human-scaled spaces. The carpets deftly create distinct conversational zones, thanks to exquisite botanical tracery and dynamic color interactions that are the natural result of inspired, virtuoso weavers in complete command of their medium.
A grand antique Serapi rug provides the foundation for a library’s contemplative, genteel atmosphere in River Oaks residence. Decor by Marianne Michaels Interior Design.
Over the years, we have found that many of the beautiful, antique Persian rug styles Claremont deals in are ideal pairings with the decor styles of Houston homes. Pictured to the left (above on mobile) see how the incredibly intricacy and effortless balance of a 140-year-old Ferahan Sarouk carpet provides the ideal note of refinement upon which this elegant Texas library is based. Its warm, time-softened colors resonate to best effect in the subdued lamplight, where they beautifully complement the handcrafted wooden paneling and bookshelves. This Persian town carpet’s breadth of palette supports the comfortable yet sophisticated choices of fabric. We know creating inviting, gracious spaces is of the utmost importance to our Houston clientele and for this reason, we can provide expert consultative services like our In-Home Presentations to guarantee the most appropriate antique Oriental rug is placed perfectly in each client’s home.
At Claremont Rug Company, we adhere to a ‘Client-First’ business model in providing the highest level of service to each and every interaction, whether in our physical gallery, via telephone, email or through the internet. What Client First means to us is that customer service begins before a transaction and continues for the lifetime of our relationship. It is an anticipatory approach based on the presumption that those who seek us out deserve a level of service at the highest level possible. To achieve this, it is vital that our Client First attitude is our ethos and we are fervent about it at every level in our organization”, states Claremont Rug Company’s President and Founder, Jan David Winitz.
“We are local to you –
regardless of where you reside.”
Curating an Authentic, Art-level Antique Carpet Collection
We hold a central position on the international market as a “first source” buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship.
We handle a wide range of superbly preserved, oversize (11ft x 15ft to 14ft x 20ft) and palace size art carpets (up to 17ft x 32ft), which are so difficult to find on today’s market. Our inventory of area sizes (2ft x 4ft to 5ft x 7ft ), room sizes (6ft x 9ft to 11ft x 14ft) and runners, up to 25ft long offers virtually limitless possibilities.
Popular Antique Persian and Oriental Rugs Types
Claremont Rug Company’s Guarantees
We offer a long-term Full Exchange Policy on all of the carpets we place, along with full appraisals, and Long-term Care Instructions. You also have the great security of our superb international reputation, built over more than three decades in the field.
“Our proven program of sending
rug images, color-accurate prints and
shipping rugs on approval is
incredibly time-saving and
tremendous effective.”
94. Shopping with Claremont from Dallas, Texas
Shopping with Claremont from Dallas, Texas
See a 1000+ piece sampling of our current collection of antique art rugs.
Assisting Dallas Clients in Building Collections of Antique Art-Level Persian and Oriental Carpets Since 1980
Claremont Rug Company has had the privilege of working with many clients in Dallas, Texas since the company’s founding in 1980, helping families furnish their homes with unparalleled collections of art-level antique carpets throughout the Dallas – Ft Worth area. We invite you to contact us to arrange a home walkthrough/consultation or rug showing. Whether they live in Highland Park, University Park, Bluffview or Preston Hollow, our clients find that searching for an art-level antique rug is a unique buying experience. Many of our clients become interested in antique rug collecting and connoisseurship once they begin living with just one antique carpet.
Visualizing how your potential carpet choices will look in your home has never been easier with our numerous presentation tools. Claremont Rug Company offers a selection of convenient shopping options even if you do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are local to you – regardless of where you reside.
“Claremont Rug Company offers
a selection of convenient shopping
options even if you do not live
in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
World-Class In-Home and Online Shopping Services in Dallas
Our website is the ideal tool to rapidly educate and familiarize yourself with the world of antique Oriental carpets, offering abundant and easy-to-digest information on the numerous carpet styles available to your project. Over 1,000+ of our carpets are available for you to browse online at your leisure, with full-size, color-accurate high resolution images only a click away.
All can be easily sorted by size and carpet type, to make your search eminently manageable. You can organize your choices on your own Wish List that is there for you to return to for up to 3 years. As you explore freely through our gallery, carpets of special interest can be flagged and added to your personalized wish list. As you hone your taste, these wish lists can record your favorites, and can be effortlessly forwarded to a designer, architect, spouse or friend with whom you would like to share.
Our extensive online Antique Oriental Rug Educational Section is an expansive resource with sections discussing Decorating with Antique Carpets, Collecting and Connoisseurship, a Nine-point Methodology for Determining Quality and Artistry, Main Categories of Antique Carpets, Antique Oriental Rug Care and much more.
Our highly professional, vastly experienced staff will make your experience of working with us virtually effortless, whether you visit our San Francisco Bay Area gallery complex or take advantage of our In-Home Shopping Service from your home in Dallas or anywhere else in the US.
“Visualizing how your potential carpet
choices will look in your home has
never been easier with our
numerous presentation tools.”
Antique Carpet Trends in Dallas
A Laver Kirman antique carpet in a traditional Dallas, TX area home. Interior design: Paige Baten Locke, Dallas, TX
Since we opened our doors in 1980, our niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one – offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. We specialize in pieces with the most stirring artistry and the greatest compatibility with today’s range of decors. Our desire has always been to provide our clients with carpets that will have a magical effect on their home environments and will bring deep satisfaction on a daily basis. These are solid art investments that often become cherished family treasures.
Serapi antique rugs anchor spaces in this contemporary open plan home in the Dallas Fort Worth area.
We have found the region’s unique architecture pairs beautifully with antique Persian rugs, the two combing to create inviting, gracious homes. In the early part of the 20th Century, architects building homes in the Dallas area looked to traditional European styles for inspiration, such as French Country, Spanish Colonial, and Italian. These styles were reimagined with a Texas sensibility and scale, but kept the elegant details and refinement that makes them timeless choices. Highland Park’s Mediterranean inspired homes are an iconic example of this regional take on a classic style, as are the neoclassical abodes in Preston Hollow’s classical French-inspired mansions.
In these grand traditional homes, Dallas clients will often gravitate towards classical styles of antique rugs, using an art level Laver Kirman Persian carpet to create unity in a space, or defining an area with an elegant floral Sultanabad antique rug. In this section, see the assortment of clients’ homes where Antique Persian rugs adorn truly enchanting, architectural wonders in Dallas, Texas. Often times when our clients begin living with just one antique carpet, they find how enlivening the experience of adding an antique art-level carpet can be to a home and develop a growing desire to collect.
At Claremont Rug Company, we adhere to a ‘Client-First’ business model in providing the highest level of service to each and every interaction, whether in our physical gallery, via telephone, email or through the internet. What Client First means to us is that customer service begins before a transaction and continues for the lifetime of our relationship. It is an anticipatory approach based on the presumption that those who seek us out deserve a level of service at the highest level possible. To achieve this, it is vital that our Client First attitude is our ethos and we are fervent about it at every level in our organization”, states Claremont Rug Company’s President and Founder, Jan David Winitz.
“We are local to you –
regardless of where you reside.”
Curating an Authentic, Art-level Antique Carpet Collection
We hold a central position on the international market as a “first source” buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship.
We handle a wide range of superbly preserved, oversize (11ft x 15ft to 14ft x 20ft) and palace size art carpets (up to 17ft x 32ft), which are so difficult to find on today’s market. Our inventory of area sizes (2ft x 4ft to 5ft x 7ft ), room sizes (6ft x 9ft to 11ft x 14ft) and runners, up to 25ft long offers virtually limitless possibilities.
Popular Antique Persian and Oriental Rugs Types
Claremont Rug Company’s Guarantees
We offer a long-term Full Exchange Policy on all of the carpets we place, along with full appraisals, and Long-term Care Instructions. You also have the great security of our superb international reputation, built over more than three decades in the field.
“Our proven program of sending
rug images, color-accurate prints and
shipping rugs on approval is
incredibly time-saving and
tremendous effective.”
95. Shopping with Claremont from Silicon Valley
Shopping with Claremont from the Silicon Valley
See a 1000+ piece sampling of our current collection of antique art rugs.
Assisting Silicon Valley Clients in Building Collections of Antique Art-Level Persian and Oriental Carpets Since 1980
In the southern Bay Area lies Silicon Valley, the technology center of the West Coast. Over the years, Claremont Rug Company has had the honor of working with many clients in Silicon Valley to adorn their estates with the most lovely antique Persian & tribal rugs from our collection. Whether a client has a modern downtown Palo Alto condo or a stately family home in Crescent Park, our expansive collection of 19th to early 20th century antique art carpets pair impressively with a variety of decor styles. Many of our Silicon Valley clients begin by decorating their home with one or two antique rugs. But quickly they find that living with an antique rug not only enhances the beauty of a room but also enlivens the atmosphere of a space in a way that only a handmade piece of art with over a hundred years of heritage can.
Our collection of antique Persian and Oriental rugs are each hand-woven and one of a kind which makes decorating with them a truly transformative experience. Above see how instead of placing a larger rug under the breakfast table, these savvy antique Oriental carpet connoisseurs have placed this wide runner alongside, where it can be seen in all its unaffected splendor from anywhere in the room. Whether your home is in Hillsborough, Atherton or San Jose, contact us to arrange a home-walkthrough/consultation or rug showing.
Visualizing how your potential carpet choices will look in your home has never been easier with our numerous presentation tools. Claremont Rug Company offers a selection of convenient shopping options even if you do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are local to you – regardless of where you reside.
“Claremont Rug Company offers
a selection of convenient shopping
options even if you do not live
in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
World-Class In-Home and Online Shopping Services in the Silicon Valley
Our website is the ideal tool to rapidly educate and familiarize yourself with the world of antique Oriental carpets, offering abundant and easy-to-digest information on the numerous carpet styles available to your project. Over 1,000+ of our carpets are available for you to browse online at your leisure, with full-size, color-accurate high resolution images only a click away.
All can be easily sorted by size and carpet type, to make your search eminently manageable. You can organize your choices on your own Wish List that is there for you to return to for up to 3 years. As you explore freely through our gallery, carpets of special interest can be flagged and added to your personalized wish list. As you hone your taste, these wish lists can record your favorites, and can be effortlessly forwarded to a designer, architect, spouse or friend with whom you would like to share.
Our extensive online Antique Oriental Rug Educational Section is an expansive resource with sections discussing Decorating with Antique Carpets, Collecting and Connoisseurship, a Nine-point Methodology for Determining Quality and Artistry, Main Categories of Antique Carpets, Antique Oriental Rug Care and much more.
Our highly professional, vastly experienced staff will make your experience of working with us virtually effortless, whether you visit our San Francisco Bay Area gallery complex or take advantage of our In-Home Shopping Service from your home in the Silicon Valley or anywhere else in the US.
“Visualizing how your potential carpet
choices will look in your home has
never been easier with our
numerous presentation tools.”
Antique Carpet Trends in the Silicon Valley
Since we opened our doors in 1980, our niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one – offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. We specialize in pieces with the most stirring artistry and the greatest compatibility with today’s range of decors. Our desire has always been to provide our clients with carpets that will have a magical effect on their home environments and will bring deep satisfaction on a daily basis. These are solid art investments that often become cherished family treasures.
Area Size Antique Malayer Persian Rugs Enhance and Personalize An Elegant Bathroom.
Pictured to the left (above on mobile),a unique decor choice by this Silicon Valley connoisseur was using not one but two spectacular antique rugs in an elegant bathroom to create an intimate and private space. The 19th century Oriental Malayer rugs join the decor with their rare ivory grounds and sublime accents colors. Also contributing captivating wreaths, blossoms and other charming patterns, they become a tactile as well as visual delight in the space.
Highly Unique Antique Kurdish Camelhair Rug Fills this Spacious Breakfast Area with Energy and Presence.
Pictured to the right (above on mobile), the rhythmic, folkloric artistry and captivating warmth of luminous undyed camelhair in this exceptional 19th century Persian Kurdish carpet greet these homeowners every morning as they contemplate their day. Instead of placing a larger rug on the breakfast table, these savvy antique Oriental carpet connoisseurs have placed this wide runner alongside, where it can be seen in all its unaffected splendor from anywhere in the room. The rare melon and ivory accents of this village Persian rug resonate with the kitchen’s wallpaper and cabinetry, while striated camelhair brings together the tones in several types of wood.
At Claremont Rug Company, we adhere to a ‘Client-First’ business model in providing the highest level of service to each and every interaction, whether in our physical gallery, via telephone, email or through the internet. What Client First means to us is that customer service begins before a transaction and continues for the lifetime of our relationship. It is an anticipatory approach based on the presumption that those who seek us out deserve a level of service at the highest level possible. To achieve this, it is vital that our Client First attitude is our ethos and we are fervent about it at every level in our organization”, states Claremont Rug Company’s President and Founder, Jan David Winitz.
“We are local to you –
regardless of where you reside.”
Curating an Authentic, Art-level Antique Carpet Collection
We hold a central position on the international market as a “first source” buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship.
We handle a wide range of superbly preserved, oversize (11ft x 15ft to 14ft x 20ft) and palace size art carpets (up to 17ft x 32ft), which are so difficult to find on today’s market. Our inventory of area sizes (2ft x 4ft to 5ft x 7ft ), room sizes (6ft x 9ft to 11ft x 14ft) and runners, up to 25ft long offers virtually limitless possibilities.
Popular Antique Persian and Oriental Rugs Types
Claremont Rug Company’s Guarantees
We offer a long-term Full Exchange Policy on all of the carpets we place, along with full appraisals, and Long-term Care Instructions. You also have the great security of our superb international reputation, built over more than three decades in the field.
“Our proven program of sending
rug images, color-accurate prints and
shipping rugs on approval is
incredibly time-saving and
tremendous effective.”
96. Shopping with Claremont from the California Wine Country
Shopping with Claremont from the California Wine Country
See a 1000+ piece sampling of our current collection of antique art rugs.
Assisting California Wine Country Clients in Building Collections of Antique Art-Level Persian and Oriental Carpets Since 1980
Claremont Rug Company has had the privilege of working with many clients in the California Wine Country since the company’s founding in 1980, helping families furnish their homes with unparalleled collections of art-level antique carpets throughout the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. We invite you to contact us to arrange a home walkthrough/consultation or rug showing. Whether they live in Napa, St. Helena, Calistoga or Sonoma, our clients find that searching for an art-level antique rug is a unique buying experience. Many of our clients become interested in antique rug collecting and connoisseurship once they begin living with just one antique carpet.
Visualizing how your potential carpet choices will look in your home has never been easier with our numerous presentation tools. Claremont Rug Company offers a selection of convenient shopping options even if you do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are local to you – regardless of where you reside.
“Claremont Rug Company offers
a selection of convenient shopping
options even if you do not live
in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
World-Class In-Home and Online Shopping Services in the California Wine Country
Our website is the ideal tool to rapidly educate and familiarize yourself with the world of antique Oriental carpets, offering abundant and easy-to-digest information on the numerous carpet styles available to your project. Over 1,000+ of our carpets are available for you to browse online at your leisure, with full-size, color-accurate high resolution images only a click away.
All can be easily sorted by size and carpet type, to make your search eminently manageable. You can organize your choices on your own Wish List that is there for you to return to for up to 3 years. As you explore freely through our gallery, carpets of special interest can be flagged and added to your personalized wish list. As you hone your taste, these wish lists can record your favorites, and can be effortlessly forwarded to a designer, architect, spouse or friend with whom you would like to share.
Our extensive online Antique Oriental Rug Educational Section is an expansive resource with sections discussing Decorating with Antique Carpets, Collecting and Connoisseurship, a Nine-point Methodology for Determining Quality and Artistry, Main Categories of Antique Carpets, Antique Oriental Rug Care and much more.
Our highly professional, vastly experienced staff will make your experience of working with us virtually effortless, whether you visit our San Francisco Bay Area gallery complex or take advantage of our In-Home Shopping Service from your home in the California Wine Country or anywhere else in the US.
“Visualizing how your potential carpet
choices will look in your home has
never been easier with our
numerous presentation tools.”
Antique Carpet Trends in the California Wine Country
Since we opened our doors in 1980, our niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one – offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. We specialize in pieces with the most stirring artistry and the greatest compatibility with today’s range of decors. Our desire has always been to provide our clients with carpets that will have a magical effect on their home environments and will bring deep satisfaction on a daily basis. These are solid art investments that often become cherished family treasures.
A Very Rare 175-year-old Persian Camelhair Bakshaish Carpet Adds Texture to this Modern Setting
Pictured to the left (above on mobile), view how a client’s modern living room that perfectly illustrates how a very rare 175-year-old Persian Bakshaish carpet with a field of undyed camel’s hair adds warmth and texture to the economy to this modern setting incorporating mud walls, pre-Columbian pottery, and a non-figurative painting. In the over 100 years since the first grape was planted in the California Wine Country, many different architectural styles have influenced the development of Sonoma County. From modern to Tuscan-style to French-inspired chateaus, we have found that art-level antique rugs can greatly enliven any style home and are especially captivating when a collection is displayed throughout the entire interior of an estate.
19th Century Allover Village Carpets Give Perfect Expression To The Natural Inspiration That Drives Early 20th Century American Design
Pictured to the right (above on mobile), see how a client’s home which exemplifies how a collection of three highly complementary late 19th-century Sultanabad carpets enhance the underlying “form follows function” theme in this newly built California home. Like the Frank Lloyd Wright-styled architecture and Craftsman hardwood furniture, the carpets’ elegant, casual allover patterns present the elements of the natural world reduced to their essentials. The best 19th century carpets often have this effect on an open floor plan, bringing together connected spaces, warm woods and fabrics and natural light into a cheerful, inviting grand space designed for living. Though the artistic heritage of each piece is well over a century old, the assemblage is fresh, contemporary and timeless.
At Claremont Rug Company, we adhere to a ‘Client-First’ business model in providing the highest level of service to each and every interaction, whether in our physical gallery, via telephone, email or through the internet. What Client First means to us is that customer service begins before a transaction and continues for the lifetime of our relationship. It is an anticipatory approach based on the presumption that those who seek us out deserve a level of service at the highest level possible. To achieve this, it is vital that our Client First attitude is our ethos and we are fervent about it at every level in our organization”, states Claremont Rug Company’s President and Founder, Jan David Winitz.
“We are local to you –
regardless of where you reside.”
Curating an Authentic, Art-level Antique Carpet Collection
We hold a central position on the international market as a “first source” buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship.
We handle a wide range of superbly preserved, oversize (11ft x 15ft to 14ft x 20ft) and palace size art carpets (up to 17ft x 32ft), which are so difficult to find on today’s market. Our inventory of area sizes (2ft x 4ft to 5ft x 7ft ), room sizes (6ft x 9ft to 11ft x 14ft) and runners, up to 25ft long offers virtually limitless possibilities.
Popular Antique Persian and Oriental Rugs Types
Claremont Rug Company’s Guarantees
We offer a long-term Full Exchange Policy on all of the carpets we place, along with full appraisals, and Long-term Care Instructions. You also have the great security of our superb international reputation, built over more than three decades in the field.
“Our proven program of sending
rug images, color-accurate prints and
shipping rugs on approval is
incredibly time-saving and
tremendous effective.”
97. Fine Antique Rugs and The Evolution of a Collection- Part 2
Fine Antique Rugs and The Evolution of a Collection- Part 2
by Jan David Winitz, President and Founder of Claremont Rug Company
Volume 7, Issue 4
London parlor with 175-year-old Persian Tabriz from renowned Hadji Jallili workshop. Collectors of court-inspired, formal Oriental carpets gravitate toward exquisite examples from the major urban centers, such as Tabriz, Kashan, and Kirman.
In part one, I discussed two fundamental considerations for budding collectors of antique Oriental rugs to take into account: which pieces to buy and how much to invest.
Now, I will address the importance of developing a strategy for assembling a collection based on your personal taste and how to choose rugs that are most apt to grow in rarity and value.
A frequent question my clients ask is “how do I develop an educated eye?” I use my “Nine-Point Methodology” to help them determine a rug’s level of artistry and craftsmanship and its condition relative to its age. It also addresses a rug’s artistic aspects, such as the uniqueness of its color palette and pattern language, and the extent to which it is singularly unique.
I help clients comprehend the distinction between the small percentage of antique rugs that are “art-level” and the bulk of pieces which, although original and beautiful, are more decorative in nature. Regardless of the region in which it was woven, and art-level piece combines a series of traits that separate it from the norm.
Palatial reception area displays rare 150-year-old Persian Laver Kirman corridor carpet with a rare Persian Dorasht Vase Rug displayed as wall art on the stair landing. Collectors particularly enjoy using foyers, entry halls, walls, and vestibules as places to exhibit a favorite piece.
Using both the “Nine-Point Methodology” and my Oriental Rug Pyramid™ as resources provides a pragmatic approach to assessing a carpet’s merits. The six-level Pyramid groups rugs into categories that begins with historical Museum-Quality rugs, which are usually held in private museums, at the apex. Rugs in Levels 2 (High Collectible) and 3 (Connoisseur Level) of the Pyramid are art-level rugs of the magnitude appropriate for collecting and investment, as well as exquisite for home display. Levels 4 through 6 are ideal for furnishing a home with beautiful, non-collectible rugs.
High-Collectible room size Persian Mohtasham Kashan graces the seating area of this seaside home. Asian art collectors find in top-tier Persian floral carpets the level of refinement that underscores the serene ambiance they prefer.
For a rug to be art-level, it must possess a breathtaking depth of beauty. A profound balance and harmony between a rug’s colors and designs, qualities central to Eastern artistic philosophy are essential. The finest of these rugs reflect both the tremendous diversity and underlying unity of the natural and cosmic worlds.
From Left: Extremely difficult to find, 19th century Tehrans are cherished by collectors of formal rugs for their lush, highly detailed botanical patterns. Close inspection of this one-in-the-world piece reveals a great variety of lifelike animal and bird forms.
Caucasian Karagashli Shirvan rug (circa 1850)/ Among the most oft-collected rig styles are examples of the 85 subgroups of the tribal rugs from the Caucasus Mountains. These widely sought-after rugs offer a virtually endless array of enigmatic patterns.
Less than two decades ago, historical Oriental carpets were still what the Wall Street Journal (June 19, 2010) described as a “little-noticed niche.” However, today they are “commanding sums more often reserved for masterpiece paintings than floor coverings.”
As Museum-Quality rugs are achieving record-breaking pieces, private connoisseurs are recognizing that the best 19th century rugs are the next segment of this market to be discovered. The finest carpets from “The Second Golden Age of Persian Weaving” (circa 1800-1910) offer a comparable level of artistic maturity, along with the great attraction that their condition allows them to still be used on the floor. As a result, they are becoming increasingly scarce, with collectors and investors voraciously acquiring them and removing them from the market.
I cannot overemphasize the importance of educating one’s eye about rugs in the process of building a collection. For as one increasingly comprehends the language of color and pattern, and the underlying harmonious structure of an art-level antique rug, collecting them brings ever-greater rewards.
Read part one of this series on collecting antique rugs, click here.
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99. Contemporary Residences are the Perfect Palette for Antique Persian Rugs
Like the evocative landscape painting, but on a more immersive scale, a rare ivory field 19th century Persian Sultanabad, carpet adds the element of art to this modernized British living room with its striking custom designed furniture.
While it may initially seem counterintuitive, we often receive requests from clients regarding how to add antique Oriental rugs into contemporary designed residences. They come to see what I first discovered 20 years ago when a client asked us to incorporate a collection of 19th century rugs into a newly built, expansive contemporary residence in Washington State. I observed that 21st century architecture is inclusive. Its open floor plans, voluminous spaces and use of exotic woods, stone and metallic materials can combine perfectly with the age-old naturalistic patterns and time-softened, vegetable dyed palettes of antique Oriental rugs.
A perfect example is the Los Angeles-area home of Jennifer Aniston, who has lately become an oft-quoted interior design aficionado who applied her modernist ethic by softening the sharp lines intrinsic to contemporary architecture.
This light-hued, extremely refined antique Persian Tehran carpet makes a major contribution to the symphony of surfaces in this innovative contemporary space. Its light base and delicate, pinpoint allover design widens the spectrum of tactile experience, adding important detail and texture to the polished metal, marble, mahogany and glass.
A recent article describes her residence as “Old World meets New World, a polyglot mix of hand-painted wallpaper and midcentury furniture, Oriental rugs and polished concrete, antique Japanese screens and Abstract Expressionist paintings.” The article includes photos of her contemporary designed study, which is counter-balanced by the earth tone palette and delicate floral lines of a 19th century Persian Tabriz rug.
With their painstaking detail work and array of earth tone hues, antique Persian Tabriz rugs woven in the workshop of the master carpet designer, Hadji Jallili, are a profound pairing with the exotic woods and stones of much contemporary architecture.
In reading this article, I had an immediate affinity with Ms. Aniston’s thought process. Many of our clients’ homes are similarly strikingly modern, with enormous rooms, soaring ceilings and fewer defined spaces than more classical homes. Importantly, what these homes lack is an anchor to ground them and what they need is more soft surfaces to enhance the tactile element. Antique Oriental rugs accomplish both.
When working with clients who have contemporary residences, we often suggest that they select rugs to effectively define space and to create intimate conversation areas in expansive rooms. We also use rugs to add color to the walls which in contemporary homes are often in metallic or neutral tones.
Offering an organic sensibility from their entirely natural materials and dyestuffs, an extended suite of 19th century Persian Laver Kirmans, beloved for their keenly observed, delicate botanical motifs, grace this all green Leeds Certified home. Decor: Sherry Williamson Design, Inc.
While I have now worked with clients on a few hundred contemporary homes, I have fond memories of two in particular. In one, a grand townhouse in Greenwich Village, our client wanted an appropriate environment for an important painting that he had just hung. The gentleman made a point of telling me that he derived as much satisfaction from the suite of carpets that created a hallway leading up to the painting as he did from the painting itself.
The other was a collaboration with clients with a magnificent contemporary residence on Cape Cod that houses a major art collection. They wanted a single rug to grace their living room. We worked closely together to create a Whole Home Rug Display of 28 High-Collectible and Connoisseur-Caliber antique rugs that helped build the full impact of the art.
One of the attributes of antique Persian and tribal rugs is their tremendous variety in size, in style, in colors and in hues. They have the ability to create fully developed environments, to establish ambient spaces and to be inclusive with the furniture and art work that share the space with them. They become an artistic and emotional bridge between the contemporary and the traditional, each enhancing the other.
100. Shopping with Claremont from Chicago
Shopping with Claremont from Chicago
See a 1000+ piece sampling of our current collection of antique art rugs.
Assisting Chicago Clients in Building Collections of Antique Art-Level Persian and Oriental Carpets Since 1980
Claremont Rug Company has had the privilege of working with many clients in Chicago since the company’s founding in 1980, helping families build incomparable collections of art-level antique carpets. Many unique architectural styles developed in Chicago during the end of the 19th century and turn of the 20th century. Our Chicago clientele appreciates the experience of pairing our fine art-level Oriental rugs with their architecturally unique homes whether they reside in an iconic Victorian style estate in Lake Forest or a Prairie School style home in Glencoe or any style in between.
Visualizing how your potential carpet choices will look in your home has never been easier with our numerous presentation tools. Claremont Rug Company offers a selection of convenient shopping options even if you do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are local to you – regardless of where you reside.
“Claremont Rug Company offers
a selection of convenient shopping
options even if you do not live
in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
World-Class In-Home and Online Shopping Services in Chicago
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All can be easily sorted by size and carpet type, to make your search eminently manageable. You can organize your choices on your own Wish List that is there for you to return to for up to 3 years. As you explore freely through our gallery, carpets of special interest can be flagged and added to your personalized wish list. As you hone your taste, these wish lists can record your favorites, and can be effortlessly forwarded to a designer, architect, spouse or friend with whom you would like to share.
Our extensive online Antique Oriental Rug Educational Section is an expansive resource with sections discussing Decorating with Antique Carpets, Collecting and Connoisseurship, a Nine-point Methodology for Determining Quality and Artistry, Main Categories of Antique Carpets, Antique Oriental Rug Care and much more.
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Antique Carpet Trends in Chicago
Outstanding 19th century Malayer Camelhair Brings Subtle, Immersive Enrichment To Elegant Dining Room.
Since we opened our doors in 1980, our niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one – offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. We specialize in pieces with the most stirring artistry and the greatest compatibility with today’s range of decors. Our desire has always been to provide our clients with carpets that will have a magical effect on their home environments and will bring deep satisfaction on a daily basis. These are solid art investments that often become cherished family treasures.
Often times when our clients begin living with just one antique carpet, they find how enlivening the experience of adding an antique art-level carpet can be to a home and develop a growing desire to collect. From a classic bungalow in Highland Park to a modern style home in Wilmette, whatever style your Chicago home may be an antique Persian or Oriental carpet can be the perfect addition to rejuvenate a living space. To the left (above on mobile) see how a full room size Malayer Camelhair carpet breathes new life into this Chicago client’s elegant dining room.
19th century Tribal Carpet Provides A Simple, Endlessly Enriching Focal Point For a Comfortable Chicago Townhome.
Whether your home is an unprecedented urban estate in Hinsdale or a metropolitan tower condo in the Gold Coast neighborhood or a Prairie School style estate home in the Winnetka, antique 19th-century Persian and Oriental art-level carpets pair beautifully with any decor style. A perfect example is the Chicago client’s home, pictured to the right (above on mobile). See how a spectacular carpet can define the aesthetic character of a space, as does this antique Oriental carpet in a Chicago client’s family room.
At Claremont Rug Company, we adhere to a ‘Client-First’ business model in providing the highest level of service to each and every interaction, whether in our physical gallery, via telephone, email or through the internet. What Client First means to us is that customer service begins before a transaction and continues for the lifetime of our relationship. It is an anticipatory approach based on the presumption that those who seek us out deserve a level of service at the highest level possible. To achieve this, it is vital that our Client First attitude is our ethos and we are fervent about it at every level in our organization”, states Claremont Rug Company’s President and Founder, Jan David Winitz.
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Curating an Authentic, Art-level Antique Carpet Collection
We hold a central position on the international market as a “first source” buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship.
We handle a wide range of superbly preserved, oversize (11ft x 15ft to 14ft x 20ft) and palace size art carpets (up to 17ft x 32ft), which are so difficult to find on today’s market. Our inventory of area sizes (2ft x 4ft to 5ft x 7ft ), room sizes (6ft x 9ft to 11ft x 14ft) and runners, up to 25ft long offers virtually limitless possibilities.
Popular Antique Persian and Oriental Rugs Types
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We offer a long-term Full Exchange Policy on all of the carpets we place, along with full appraisals, and Long-term Care Instructions. You also have the great security of our superb international reputation, built over more than three decades in the field.
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101. The Oriental Rug Market Viewed as a Pyramid
Excerpted From 
Jan David Winitz, eminent rug expert and president/founder of Claremont Rug Company, has developed the Oriental Rug Market Pyramid™, a guide to support those interested in purchasing Oriental rugs. Rankings in the six-level rug Pyramid are based on artistry, craftsmanship, quality of materials, condition, age and provenance.
As the tiers descend, the number of available pieces increases significantly, while the artistry and originality generally decreases. Rugs in Level 1 are held primarily by museums. Art-level pieces are found in Levels 2 through 4. Rugs in Levels 5 and 6 would be considered durable floor coverings of no intrinsic art or investment value.
102. Mediterranean Inspired Home
Whole Home Collection
Mediterranean Inspired Home
Connoisseur-caliber antique Persian and tribal rugs tastefully grace the floors, walls and furniture.
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This Mediterranean-inspired desert home deftly blends soothing earth tones, custom wood accents, and prized objets d’art, all harmoniously anchored by an envious collection of 19th and early 20th century Persian and Caucasian carpets. As the home owners have long realized, the perfect antique weaving can completely transform a room, elevating the experience of a space in a profound yet unobtrusive way that is unique to this art form.
Throughout the home the carpets bring their own singular artistic focus to interact harmoniously with the artwork and decor, as exemplified in the living room. Note how the 150-year-old Kermanshah is beautifully paired with two 19th century European paintings that along with the chair upholstery and pillow fabrics create an atmosphere of romance and timeless elegance.
The homeowner’s penchant for a curated environment is clearly present in their hanging of a rare 19th century Persian Bakshaish camelhair rug on the wall where its unadorned field could frame the unique bronze sculpture in front of it, accentuating both enticing works of art.
When used both on the floor and as wall art in the same room, antique oriental rugs can uniquely unify an environment. This is vividly demonstrated by the mid-19th century Persian Veramin carpet on the floor and a circa 1920s Persian Mahajiran Sarouk that fits perfectly into the wall niche of this home office. The handsome deep indigo fields lend a richness and quiet masculinity, enhanced by the custom wood built-ins and leather desk chair.
The sublime 19th century Bakshaish carpet graces the master bedroom’s inviting conversation area. The clearly defined, elemental composition of this collectible rug, with a shimmering sky blue medallion, provides a natural centerpiece.; its luminous camelhair softly harmonizes with the cheerful soft golds of the walls, as well as the generous warm woods in this personal space.
The elevator landing has been ingeniously transformed, becoming a spot for artistic contemplation thanks to the remarkable creativity of two top-level antique Persian carpets. The ethereal coloration of the area size Hadji Jallili Tabriz on the floor is redoubled in impact by the similarly virtuoso palette of the singular Ferahan displayed on the wall. Each shares exquisite tones of sapphire blue and warm terracotta and apricot, used in quite different, equally masterful expresses of their particular weaving tradition.
It is not unusual for antique rug connoisseurs to find every opportunity to display their woven treasures. The semi-circular landing area provides ample room to adorn both wall and floor. The two 19th century tribal rugs on the walls: Caucasian Gendje (left) and Caucasian Chi Chi (right): and the two on the floors: Caucasian Erivan (left) and Persian Veramin (right, in rear) heighten the wondrous exhibition.
103. Downtown San Francisco Condo
Whole Home Collection
Modern Downtown Condo
A collector’s stunning assemblage of extremely rare antique Persian and Caucasian Rugs.
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Extraordinary artistry and nuanced coloration of this prolific collector’s top-tier antique carpets provide the perfect counterpoint to the dramatic floor-to-ceiling views of the modern cityscape’s glass and steel high-rise architecture. The spacious and earth-toned mid-19th century Sultanabad in the living room is completely at home with the neutral tones and clean lines of the contemporary furniture. The carpet’s subtly curvilinear motifs gracefully soften the confluence of straight lines.
Antique Caucasian rugs have long been appreciated by Modernist architects and designers for their highly complementary artistic approach. Both aesthetics are deeply engaged with a viewer’s direct impression of the essentials of color and form. As part of this client’s Caucasian rug collection on display, the archetypal imagery of a venerable Caucasian piece from the prized Bidjov Shirvan substyle strikingly flanks the dining room table. In a clever juxtaposition, a series of stuffed Caucasian grain bag cushions sit alongside a Le Corbusier-designed LC4 recliner, both examples of form in service of function.
This contemporary homeowner has discovered the perfect way to bring one more layer of artistry and individual expression into his modern kitchen: an eye-catching 19th century Caucasian Gendje runner. Collectors like this client find the versatile small sizes of antique Caucasian rugs add to daily enjoyment of secondary spaces, such as the kitchen where so much of a family’s time is spent.
Transitional hallway spaces become a focal point for art display, enlivened by sculpture, painting, photography and textiles. The iconic cruciform devices of the mid-19th century Seichur Kuba gracing the hallway wall and the alluring clarity of the rare Seichur Kuba on the floor invite the viewer to pause and contemplate at each turn. An early Caucasian Lesghi rug partially visible on the far right wall is another example of rugs as art.
The restful sitting room has been skillfully organized to include art and artifacts spanning centuries. Here a rare19th-century camelhair Bakshaish sits comfortably with this constellation of eclectic Near-Eastern art and furnishings. Adding texture on the wall, the High-Collectible Caucasian Khila Baku that hangs in the rear corner adds fascinating complexity, as does the distressed wooden surfaces of the antique panel doors, rustic stool and low sofa.
The quiet atmosphere of the spacious master bedroom is enhanced by the unique soft greens and pastels of this one-of-a-kind 150-year-old Sultanabad carpet. Its singular allover pattern appears to advance and recede in the light toned space, providing a compelling sense of movement that becomes the focal point of the room. Minimalist modern architecture is the perfect foil to intensify this deeply evocative decor, blending East and West influences into an immersive and continually rewarding artistic experience.
104. LEED Platinum Certified Whole Home Collection
Whole Home Collection
LEED Platinum Certified Home
A contemporary, LEED Platinum Certified Home showcases a collection of floral patterned Laver Kirman carpets. The natural building materials and beautiful Persian rugs create a “complex composition” (featured in LUXE magazine, Sherry Williamson Design, Inc.)
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Traditionally noted for their elegant affinity with formal interiors (French Provincial, for example), the fluid lines and exquisite delicacy of 19th century Persian Laver Kirman carpets are here imparting an equally successful impact on this sumptuous, informal contemporary interior. Inspired expression of architecture and design, coupled with virtuoso antique weavings, find a perfect harmony in this one-of-a-kind San Francisco Bay LEED certified home.
Note how the flowing Persian City carpets surprisingly yet effortlessly coexist with the clean, geometric lines of warm wood paneling and post-modern design flourishes, creating a memorable and inviting living space. The smaller, detailed carpet design elements become a brilliantly used contrast to the openness of the vaulted ceilings, the industrial steel trusses, and the expanse of the wooden walls. Additionally, each carpet also provides a visual anchor, supporting the home’s nature-inspired color range with aged tonalities and softly radiating patina.
The antique rugs create a further organic ambiance, as they were woven using entirely natural materials and dyestuffs and present a great diversity of delicate, keenly observed botanical motifs. The result is a purity and honesty of purpose like the artist-owner’s own cohesive, environmentally sensitive vision for the home. The presence of the exceptional Laver Kirman rugs uniquely underscore the adventurous modern minimalist aesthetic of this LEED certified home.
Photo © David Wakely Photography, Decor: Sherry Williamson Design, Inc.
124. Purchasing Antique Rugs
Navigating the market for Persian and tribal Oriental rugs can seem like a daunting and confusing process at first, as there appear to be so many qualifiers in making the best possible decision. Yet, some simple guidelines can help demystify the shopping and selection process. In this series of articles, Claremont’s President Jan David Winitz offers invaluable guidelines for identifying what to look for when shopping for rugs that suit your needs and aesthetic interest. Use the index on the left to browse through the articles offered in this section and check back periodically for new topics. Also look through our Decorating With Antique Rugs section.
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126. Ethereal Mid-19th-Century Sultanabad Perfectly Complements The Elemental Simplicity of a Modern Bedroom
Ethereal Mid-19th-Century Sultanabad Perfectly Complements The Elemental Simplicity of a Modern Bedroom
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166. Categories of Antique Rugs & Carpets
Tribal
‘KEYHOLE’ KAZAK, Southern Central Caucasian
Antique tribal rugs were woven using geometric patterns with a looser weave and generally only in small formats. The patterns had been handed down for countless generations in an oral tradition until the very early 20th century. Tribal rug patterns are elemental in form and considered symbolic. As they generally had no written history, the rugs and their patterns were very important to the tribal people and became their cultural heritage. Tribal weavers knew the patterns by heart and made variations as they wove. They tended to use full color palettes and dramatic tonal juxtapositions. Collectible tribal rugs still in the market today came mostly from the Caucasus Mountains and the tribal groups of Southwest and Central Persia of the 19th century. They were woven both on the nomadic trail as well as in village settings.
Major styles: Caucasian rugs, Southwest Persian Qashqai, Afshar, Kurdish, Shirvan, Bakhtiari and Arab Khamseh rugs.
Hadji Jallili (Haji Jalili) Tabriz “Garden of Paradise”
City
City carpets were the most elegant of all carpets and were woven in workshops under the careful watch of master rug designers who insured a higher level of quality, for example Hadji Jallili (Haji Jalili) of Tabriz. Using the finest of weaves, these carpets exhibit very precise curvilinear designs with considerable attention to fine detail. The patterns were invariably floral or botanical in nature. The pile was generally cut low to accentuate the great clarity characteristic of city weavings. Called “The Art of Absolute Symmetry”, their perfect, symmetrical drawing is thought to reflect the perfect order of the universe. Each city had its own characteristic set of pattern languages and color palettes. These carpets were often produced from sophisticated knot-by-knot plans, known as “cartoons,” that were created by master carpet designers. The weavers’ responsibility was to follow the cartoon exactly.
Major styles: Tabriz (notably from the Hadji Jallili (Haji Jalili) workshop), Laver Kirman (notably from Tausenchian, Khasati and Delmaghani), Kashan (notably from Mohtasham and Dabir workshops), Amritsar, Agra, Meshed, and Tehran.
Ferahan Sarouk
Town
Town rugs, primarily woven in a workshop setting, were the bridge between the more casual nature of the village and tribal rugs and the great formality of the city rugs. Typically, weavers worked from elaborate sketches. At this level of organization, however, there was room for the weavers to include some of the asymmetry and variability seen in the village carpets as well as more novel color palettes than the more sophisticated city carpets. Their patterns will range from semi-formal, quite stylized drawing as in Ziegler Sultanabads to formal, slightly angular work as seen in the Bijars (Bidjar) and the Ferahan Sarouks, one of the most revered rugs of the 19th century.
Major styles: Bijar (Bidjar)(notably Halvai), Ferahan and Ferahan Sarouk, Sultanabad, Senneh, Joshegan and Veramin.
Serapi
Village
The villages surrounding the major weaving cities and towns created rugs that married the casual nature of the tribal rugs and the greater formality of the town rugs. The designs are somewhat planned, often directed by the head weaver. The construction is looser also and village patterns tended to be drawn in a more angular manner than floral and stylized floral imagery woven in more sophisticated settings. The colors in village rugs presented a range of tonal variations, from subtle to dramatic. These cottage-level pieces were often woven in a weaver’s own home allowing her and her extended family to integrate weaving with their daily life responsibilities. Village carpets offer the most casual decorative possibility in room sizes and larger formats. The Bakshaish and Serapi carpets from the Azerbaijan region are the most famous and widely sought after of the village carpets.
Major styles: Bakshaish, Serapi, Malayer, Serab, and Heriz.
167. Caring for Antique Carpets
“Maintenance” may seem like a word better suited to vintage automobiles, but fine antique Oriental rugs—like all objet d’arts—benefit enormously from proper custodial care. Connoisseurs understand the importance of protecting their investments, both for themselves and for posterity.
A vivid example of stewardship is the 17th century Persian Kirman—its colors, whimsical leaf design, and structural integrity still superb after three centuries—that set a world auction record for an Oriental carpet in 2010, selling for $9.59M. For collectors, the good news—for the moment—is that carpets from the Second Golden Age of Persian Weaving (ca. 1800-1910) are still considered “undiscovered”, their valuations significantly below comparable forms of art. But recognition of these exquisite, meticulously handcrafted works is rising, especially in the wake of the 2011 opening of the permanent Islamic exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of New York and a similar exhibit which opened in Fall 2012 at the Louvre. The best 19th century carpets are disappearing into private ownership and becoming increasingly more difficult to find. Today’s buyers will likely be the last generation with access to Golden Age rugs in floor condition. Proper preservation is more important than ever.
Basic Care
A few simple practices will go a long way toward preserving your rugs for a lifetime of enjoyment.
Proper padding. We strongly recommend using high-quality pads under antique carpets. These will significantly extend the life of your rugs, preventing sliding, wrinkling and stretching, and guarding against punctures from furniture legs. Padded rugs also feel better underfoot and provide better sound absorption.
Ferahan
4ft x 6ft 6in
Second Quarter, 19th Century
Furniture cups. Always use furniture cups for heavy furniture pieces and pianos placed on carpets to prevent crushing the carpet’s pile. When moving heavy furniture, lift or use sliders to prevent tearing.
UV protection. Given daily exposure to direct sunlight in areas where draperies are not desirable, we recommend screening your windows with a product that minimizes the damaging effects of ultraviolet rays. Using either Low-E glass or a spectrally selective applied window film effectively inhibits sun-fading of the rug’s naturally dyed colors.
Spills. Fine antique Persian carpets were woven using lanolin-rich wool, which is amazingly stain resistant. Blot up spills with a moist cloth, and then wipe the pile with a rinsed damp sponge. If the area remains moist, elevate it for quicker air drying. Avoid using home remedies for stain removal, as they can cause irreversible discoloration or dye-run.
Cleaning. A manual carpet sweeper is best. Avoid using electric vacuum cleaners; the rotary action is unnecessarily strong on antique rugs. Also steer away from all chemical, pesticide or steam treatments. To protect the natural qualities of hand-spun wool, have your rugs hand-washed by a professional Oriental carpet cleaner, in most cases every five to seven years.
Long-term storage. After being professionally washed, rugs should be stored in a clean, dry environment at between 60-75° F. The ideal humidity is around 65 percent. Cleaning rugs before storing makes them far less attractive to moths. Always wrap your carpets in paper, as plastic can lead to moisture condensation and mildew. Use cedar chips or a cedar-lined trunk for short-term storage. For storage over a period of months, have rugs professionally packed.
Restoration. Annually inspecting the front and back of carpets will reveal any restoration needs while they are still minor. Necessary work should always be done by a specialist.
Versatility & The Wisdom of Choosing “The Real Thing”
My staff and I have helped furnish a substantial number of the finest residences and family compounds on several continents, incorporating from a handful to 75 Oriental carpets in a single home. Art-quality rugs consistently prove to be quite versatile, adding interest and depth to environments as diverse as contemporary, Spanish Colonial, Italianate, Arts & Crafts and ultra-modern. They provide a decorative foundation to a room, while embodying age-old principles of harmony and balance.
While some new buyers are dubious about the merits of authentic antique carpets versus modern reproduction rugs, from the perspective of the lover of beauty, the difference is comparable to that of an original painting and a poster that depicts it.
The World at Your Feet
Virtually all connoisseurs display some part of their collection on the floor. With the confidence that proper care bestows, “walking on your art” becomes the inimitable experience of being surrounded by and living within great beauty.
168. Antique Rug and Carpet Care Guide
An antique Persian rug or carpet, as with any valuable art object, needs periodic care to assure lasting beauty and value. By taking a few simple precautions, your older carpet, whether it’s a 70-year-old vintage rug or an antique carpet at one hundred years old or more, can be preserved in good floor condition into the next generation.
Spills:
The finest older Persian carpets utilized lanolin-rich wool which has amazing stain repellent properties.
If a spill is dealt with immediately, often it can be easily blotted up before staining occurs. Use a moist, clean cloth to blot from the edges toward the center of the spill. If soap is needed, use hair shampoo, as the protein of wool is similar to human hair. Do not scrub, as this will embed the stain more deeply into the wool. Then elevate the damp area on a short stool or box for quick air drying. Avoid allowing your carpet to sit damp for an extended period of time, as this could possibly rot the cotton foundation.
We strongly advise against using home remedies for stain removal, as they can cause irreversible dye run and discoloration, and chemicals should never be used. If the above method is not effective, consult a professional oriental carpet cleaner for spot cleaning.
Potted plants should never be placed on top of the carpet, even with a water basin beneath the pot, as it is still possible for moisture that collects under even a leak-proof pot to infiltrate the carpet, causing considerable, irreversible mildew damage to the carpet’s cotton foundation.
Red wine stains often can be safely lifted by first blotting up the liquid without rubbing using dry towels. Then make a solution of one quart water with 2-3 drops ONLY of mild unscented colorless detergent like Ivory Soap and 1-2 teaspoons of plain white vinegar (NOT apple cider vinegar). Rinse lightly with this solution. Now blot up again with dry towels. Then rinse with plain water, a little more if needed. Elevate the moist area of the rug and air dry with a fan for 24-48 hours, not just dry to touch, but so that the foundation as well as the pile is dry.
Rugs which have been flooded accidentally need to be attended to immediately. Smaller rugs can be taken outside and spread on a lawn or hung over a railing to dry in the sunlight. For larger rugs, a water vacuum can be used, followed by the use of space heaters or a hair dryer. Again, the carpet must be dry, back and front, so elevation is advised. Often, having the rug professionally washed and dried within several days is advisable. Please do not hesitate to call us for advice at 1-800-441-1332.
Cleaning:
The wool of the Persian carpet is lustrous, durable, and rich in natural lanolin. It is best to interfere as little as possible with this natural protection, so please avoid treatments such as moth-proofing, dry cleaning or steam cleaning. Instead, have most older carpets hand-washed or tumbled by a professional oriental carpet cleaner every five to six years, or sooner if needed. Tumbling in a large machine similar to a clothes dryer is a gentle process that removes dirt and dust particles which penetrate to the base of the pile of the rug and have an abrasive effect on the wool fibers. The tumbling process is recommended for older or less sturdy carpets, since it puts less strain on the structure of an antique carpet than submersion in water.
For carpets with lower pile, daily or weekly cleaning should be accomplished with a non-electric sweeper rather than a suction vacuum cleaner. Modern carpet sweepers work via static electricity and are very effective in cleaning the surface and into the pile of your rugs, as well as in bringing out the sheen of the wool. We have found the Hoky carpet sweeper to be the most effective. Electric vacuum cleaners should never be used on antique rugs. A vacuum cleaner with suction may be used only on heavy-pile vintage or younger rugs. Never use the beater brush on any handwoven rugs, as its rotary action is far too rough and can pull out knots and fray out the wrapped selvedge edges.
A broom with straw bristles is another option if a carpet sweeper is unavailable. With a carpet sweeper or broom, your rug can be cleaned as often as you wish. At least once a week is recommended.
Pads:
We strongly recommend use of a high-quality pad under your older carpet whether it is on a wood, stone or carpeted floor. A firm pad extends the life of a rug by cushioning it from below and preventing sliding, wrinkling, and stretching, as well as possible punctures from furniture legs. A padded rug is also more enjoyable underfoot and provides better sound absorption.
Sun Protection:
Although the dyes used in high quality, older carpets are usually quite impervious to extreme fading, precautions must be taken against prolonged daily exposure to strong, direct sunlight. If closing the draperies during the periods of strongest sunlight will interfere with the view or the lighting effect you wish to create in your room, we recommend screening your windows with a clear plastic film. With trade names such as V-Kool and 3-M Mylar, these products are quite effective in eliminating the damaging effect of ultraviolet rays with virtually no color distortion to your window glass. We advise rotating your rug 180 degrees either annually or bi-annually to equalize the naturally softening effect of sunlight and the gradual wear of foot traffic.
Moths:
An old English butler, when asked the best way to protect woolens against moths, replied, “regular fussing in the wardrobe.” Our advice is similar: regular carpet sweeping is your best insurance against moth damage. Moths seldom are attracted to an oriental carpet which is clean and in use. It is important to include in your carpet sweeping agenda periodic cleaning underneath or behind furniture, since moths prefer low light and undisturbed areas. Carpets hung on the wall should definitely be taken down and shaken or vacuumed at least three times per year. Commercial moth-proofing formulas are not recommended.
The use of cedar chips or a cedar-lined trunk or closet is effective for short-term storage. Carpets that will be stored for a period of months should be professionally packed to prohibit moth and mildew damage.
Furniture:
For heavy furniture placed on your carpet, furniture cups are helpful in preventing the crushing of the carpet’s pile. Furniture can also be regularly shifted a few inches back and forward, or from side to side to minimize point of contact wear. Avoid dragging heavy furniture across an antique, as it can snag or even tear the carpet.
At Claremont Rug Company, we have many years of experience in assisting our clients in selecting and maintaining antique and vintage oriental carpets for both home and office settings. Even antique carpets 150 years old or older can be lived on very successfully by families with children and animals, if the piece is of high quality materials and construction, and the care instructions outlined here are followed.
STORING A CARPET:
- Professionally hand wash rug before storing. Moths are less attracted to clean rugs.
- DO NOT wrap in PLASTIC. Wrapping a rug in plastic may create moisture condensation, which can cause mildew. Instead, roll the rug tube-style. In some cases, it is acceptable to vertically fold the rug, then wrap in Tyvek paper, which is moisture-resistant, acid-free and archival. If the rug is well-wrapped, we rarely see moth damage.
- Use plenty of tape on the roll to make sure all seams are covered. One can put mothballs in a cloth, similar to a sachet, and put them in the areas where moths may enter: at the ends of the roll and along the center of the rug if it is folded.
- The major problem comes from moisture. Try to elevate the rug from the floor rather than storing it on a concrete slab floor. Do not store in the attic because temperatures can be too high. Look for a stable temperature environment.
- We do not recommend pesticide sprays because they are toxic and acidic and can be harmful to rugs. If you have a moth-concentrated environment, there are some sprays that can be used.
- Guarding against rats and mice is hard because they can eat through the paper. The best advice it to store the rug in a clean environment. To ensure effectiveness, mothballs should be changed every 6 months as their strength dissipates over time.
169. Antique Oriental Rug Care
“Maintenance” may seem like a word better suited to vintage automobiles, but fine antique Oriental rugs—like all objets d’art—benefit enormously from proper custodial care. Connoisseurs understand the importance of protecting their investments, both for themselves and for posterity. The best antique Oriental carpets are disappearing into private ownership and becoming increasingly more difficult to find.
Today’s buyers will likely be the last generation with access to art-level 19th century rugs in floor condition and proper care and preservation are more important than ever.
We are glad to offer material on proper rug care, maintenance and storage to help preserve your rugs for a lifetime of enjoyment. Please use the links on the left to access different articles.
For more information feel free to email us at sales@claremontrug.com or call us at: 800-441-1332 (int’l: +1-510-654-0816).
170. Collecting & Connoisseurship
A small portion of the Oriental rugs available today stand on solid ground as works of art on par with the finest paintings, sculpture and other acknowledged mediums. Yet, top-tier 19th century rugs remain dramatically undervalued relative to other forms of art.
Seeing a window of opportunity that cannot remain open indefinitely, more and more of our clients are assembling notable family caches of art-level rugs. A rapidly growing number are not only using them on their floors but also hanging them on their walls and rotating their rugs in use with those stored in dedicated closets and custom rug cellars. Many plan to strategically hold onto their collections until their value is universally acknowledged.
For over three decades, Mr. Winitz and his staff of experts have worked closely with both new and seasoned collectors to select the rugs most appropriate to their interest. Rarity, uniqueness and good condition relative to the rug’s age are quite important, yet their advice to the budding connoisseur is to invest in carpets you have a deep personal affinity with, rugs that warm your heart and enliven your mind in a profoundly satisfying, penetrating manner.
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171. Decorating With Antique Rugs
The finest antique Persian carpets, Caucasian rugs and Indian carpets are artworks that are have a timeless quality that is always “in style.” They are infinitely versatile and work as great unifiers that effectively integrate the architecture, furnishings and other artworks of a room. Created as compositions that express a profound level of balance and harmony in their own right, they have the ability of carrying that quality into the settings in which they’re placed.
Currently, we are witnessing a great transformation in the perception of the best antique Oriental rugs. Beginning in 2011, we have seen a notable uptick in the interest in displaying noteworthy antique rugs not only on the floor, but also as wall art. We are glad to offer this series of articles on decorating with Oriental rugs written by our president, Jan David Winitz. Use the links on the left to browse through the articles and information offered in this section and check back periodically for articles on new topics.
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174. Summary of Antique Mahajiran Sarouk Rugs
Mahajiran Sarouk
8ft 11in x 12ft
Circa 1920
Located in West Central Persia, Sarouk was a weaving region renowned in the 19th century for its high quality, artistically distinctive carpets. The best Sarouk carpets of this period are termed “Ferahan (or “Faraghan”) Sarouks” and typically boast overscale floral medallions.
At the start of the 20th century, international interest in rugs from this region increased production and this style became known simply as “Sarouk.” At this time, a stylized floral all-over design emerged as the most popular of Sarouk patterns. The finest quality has been given the name “Mahajiran Sarouk” (also spelled “Mohajeran Sarouk” or Mehajeran Saruk”). This singular group of Persian rugs stands out through its use of the finest lamb’s wool, which lends a deep luster to its pile, its glowing natural dyes, excellent workmanship and expressive artistry.
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Our extensive collection of rugs in the elegant Mahajiran Sarouk style, woven circa 1900 to 1925, includes a wide array of small area-size rugs to grand palace-size carpets. Primarily utilizing stylized floral designs and arranged spaciously in groups of blossoming boughs and exquisite floral sprays, each Mahajiran Sarouk carpet is unique unto itself, echoing influences of European floral patterns and East Indian textile design. Expert weavers created uniquely artistic renderings with fascinating detail and numerous subtle color shifts.
Most Mahajiran Sarouk rugs offer a lush, variegated field of rich rust, terracotta, or soft salmon. More rarely found are the highly prized “Blue Mahjajirans”, with their deep indigo color evoking the effect of a midnight sky. Their soft glowing colors and individual pattern language set Mahajiran Sarouk rugs apart from other early 20th century decorative carpets. Their gracious ambiance, tremendous durability and great compatibility with contemporary decors have made Mahajiran Sarouk carpets a favorite of our clients for many years.
176. Antique Palace Size Rugs
Among the most prized antique Oriental carpets in the Claremont Rug Company inventory are those in expansive palace sizes. Defined as rugs in sizes between 11 x 21 to 19 x 30 feet, our 19th century and early 20th century palace size rugs include some of the most spectacular, hardest to find antique Oriental rugs ever produced. Their vast dimensions give palace size antique carpets a central role in the furnishing of the large spaces of estate level homes and family compounds, providing the distinguishing artistic element of particularly important public areas such as living rooms, dining rooms and entry halls. Antique Persian carpets and Oriental rugs of this magnitude have an uncanny ability to unify the architecture, furnishings and art of grand rooms.
Creating this extra large format was particularly demanding, and very few were made. As antique palace size carpets were woven on a vertical loom, primarily female artisans performed their assiduous labor on high scaffolding 19 to 30 feet in the air, akin to Michelangelo painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. An art-level palace carpet could require a team of six to ten highly skilled weavers working side by side. Depending on the fineness of weave, each palace size carpet likely represented two to five years in the making, in some cases even more.
Claremont Rug Company specializes in antique palace size carpets from Persia and India. Due to the technology and expense required to commission such labor-intensive pieces, the vast majority of palace size antique carpets were made in city workshops. Nevertheless, our world-class antique Oriental carpet inventory includes a significant number of very difficult-to-find geometric large rugs from sought-after village weaving traditions such as Serapi and Kurdish.
Additionally, the Persian village and town weavers of the Arak and Kurdistan districts created antique palace size rugs in famous locales such as Bijar (Bidjar), Sarouk and Ferahan (Feraghan.) Antique Persian Sultanabad carpets are particularly coveted in the palace size format, thanks to the casual, surprisingly contemporary ambiance they create. The finest examples of palace size antique Persian Laver Kirman, Tabriz and Manchester Kashan antique carpet styles are also highly desirable as supremely decorative authentic Oriental carpets for more formal spaces due to the traditional grace and elegance of their designs. The rug makers of Agra and Amritsar, the two central 19th century weaving centers in India, also created exquisite antique palace size rugs with flowing designs and exotic color palettes that are unique from the color ways found in antique Persian carpets of great size.
We also offer a very extensive selection of high decorative to connoisseur level antique oversize carpets from traditional Persian and Indian antique rug weaving centers in sizes from 11 x 15 to 17 x 20.
177. Summary of Antique Hadji Jallili (Haji Jalili) Tabriz Rugs
Summary of Antique Hadji Jallili (Haji Jalili) Tabriz Rugs
Hadji Jallili (Haji Jalili) Tabriz
13ft 0in x 18ft 0in
Circa 1875
On the Silk Route the city of Tabriz was one of the major centers of the world as early as the 11th century. Serving as the first seat of the royal Savafid workshops, Tabriz antique carpet designers may have brought the curved line used in Ottoman rugs to Persian weaving.
In the 1800s, the seasoned entrepreneurial interest of Persian Tabriz merchants reanimated the region’s weaving legacy. Designed in the finely woven, formal weaving tradition, antique Tabriz carpets offer one of the broadest spectrums of patterns and palettes in Persian rugs. Today, our extensive inventory allows us to still enjoy the beauty and quality of the best 19th century Tabriz carpets with their lush curvilinear designs, extremely fine knotting and wide-ranging color palettes.
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Our clients are especially drawn to the carpets attributed to one of Tabriz’s most famous rug designers, Hadji Jallili (Haji Jalili). The unique sense of coloration and quintessential sense of subtle design transformed Hadji Jallili (Haji Jalili) Tabriz rugs into some of the most breathtaking Persian carpets from the 19th century. Exquisite medallions and allover designs fill carpets of every dimension, from small accent pieces to palace size gems. Beloved niche, compartment, and Garden of Paradise designs offer engaging, delicate details of flora and fauna. The highly original, surprisingly contemporary palettes of Hadji Jallili (Haji Jalili) Tabriz rugs include exotic brown shades from cinnabar to teak and a variety of golds, bronzes, taupes, and wheat hues.
179. Summary of Antique Bakshaish Rugs
19th-century Bakshaish Persian carpets are a hallmark of our collection, widely sought after for their deeply inspired artistry and tribal design aesthetic. The finest antique Oriental Bakshaish (also spelled Bakhshayesh or Bakshish) offer in large carpets a geometric, folkloric character found predominantly in small Persian tribal rugs. Our antique Bakshaish collection includes outstanding 19th-century rugs in sizes from 7ft x 10ft to 15ft x 24ft.
Art-level room size and oversize Bakshaish carpets are highly eclectic. They serve as memorable centerpieces for very distinctive home environments among our clients in both contemporary and traditional homes.
Bakshaish
7ft 0in x 15ft 5in
Late 19th Century
All-over field designs of overscale emblematic or stylized floral patterns offer striking graphic artistry. Bakshaish rug weavers also produced an array of graphic geometric medallion carpets, along with their own intriguing adaptation of the traditional repetitive Herati pattern. They are renowned for carpets featuring the age-old Tree of Life motif.
As well as their idiosyncratic designs, Bakshaish Oriental rugs are prized for certain dyes and the occasional use of camel hair. The exceptional “Bakshaish blue” palette, ranging from glistening morning glory to periwinkle – often in the same carpet — is a coveted trademark of this revered antique rug style. Rare and highly prized are the best Oriental and Persian carpets that utilize undyed camelhair as the lustrous backdrop of the field.
Bakshaish runners were occasionally woven. Area size rugs from 3×4 to 5×7 were rarely woven by 19th-century Bakshaish weavers and account for only a very minor percentage of their total production.
184. Summary of Antique Ferahan & Ferahan Sarouk Rugs
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Designed for a regional aristocratic clientele, the Ferahan region of West Central Persia developed a distinctive rug weaving tradition in the 19th century that blended geometric influences from the surrounding tribes and villages with more refined, curvilinear design, often in an incredibly artistic manner. Ferahan carpets were one of the rug-making genres displayed at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, which ushered in broad Western interest in the Oriental carpet.
The best 19th century carpets from the Ferahan area were extremely finely crafted, using very high grade, lustrous wool that illumined a wide, sumptuous palette inspired by nature and jewel tones. Rugs in sizes from 3×5 to occasional palace sizes and corridor carpets were woven in both workshops organized by master weavers and on loom in homes.
The Ferahan area produced two distinctive styles, known generally as Ferahan Sarouk (or Feraghan Sarouk) and simply Ferahan (or Feraghan.) Some rugs combine traits of both styles, making an exact attribution impossible.
Ferahan
4ft 5in x 6ft 1in
Circa 1875
Antique Ferahan Sarouk rugs usually feature commanding central medallions that create exquisite “islands” in the middle of the field and have a heavier pile and unusually sturdy fabric. Their use of intentionally asymmetrically placed motifs and unexpected color shifts gives them an individuality that is prized among connoisseurs.
Ferahan carpets often offer intricate allover patterns, most frequently on a glowing midnight indigo ground and woven in densities of up to 800,000 knots in a 4×7 rug. Some pieces have borders based in unique celadon to apple green hues and all have closely shorn pile and a fine, “handkerchief” handle.
In contrast to the exactitude of pattern in Persian city rugs (known as “the art of absolute perfection”), Ferahan region rugs have a more freeform, improvisational quality in both their colors and designs. In the best antique Ferahans and Ferahan Sarouk rugs, each petal and leaf is slightly unique in its size, colors and patterning, making living with them a fascinating process of discovery.
Our extensive collection of quite hard-to-find 19th and turn of the 20th century Ferahan and Ferahan Sarouk carpets offers a wide gamut from this famed rug-making tradition, reflecting an entrancing artistry.
191. Clients’ Whole Home Collections
Clients’ Whole Home Collections
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Once they discover the extraordinary effect art-level carpets have on their décor, many clients decide to use them throughout their homes. Following their design sense for supreme refinement and personal expression, they work with us to decorate their residences with complete suites of antique rugs on their floors and walls.
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