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1. Intricately crafted 19th-century allover pattern carpets provide luxurious enrichment to grand signature spaces
Enhanced by the inherent balance and refined understatement of an allover Veramin carpet centerpiece, this expansive great hall of a European-inspired residence becomes the scene for fascinated aesthetic immersion. The rhythmic repetition of organic motifs within the exquisite 19th-century design creates the foundational structure by which symmetry in other aspects of the room, such as the soaring multistory windows and monolithic ceiling timbers. Note how the potent yet time-softened hues of the entire Persian art carpet suite resonates with every other inviting tone in the space, including the 17th-century garden paintings, embroidered fabrics, and warm hardwood paneling.
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2. Suite of Four Exquisite Antique Persian Rugs Work in Concert To Create Symphonic Effect In Grand European-Inspired Interior
This image is from a whole home project in a massive lakeside family compound in the High Sierras. Rather than pursuing a single palace-size Persian carpet, the homeowners decided to employ a harmonious series of room size and oversize antique Oriental rugs to furnish their massive living room with three gracious seating areas. This strategic ensemble of compatible antique carpets created an incredibly harmonious atmosphere, as the unified movements of a perfectly played orchestral piece.
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3. Wonderfully Compatible Art-level Antique Persian Rugs Naturally Unify This Majestic Room and Complete the Sense of Grandeur
FEATURED IN OUR NEW BROCHURE, Vol. 29, No. 1. This image is from a whole home project in a massive lakeside family compound in the High Sierras. Here, four carpets have been successfully combined to augment the interplay of the different designs and symphony of balanced color they all contribute to. Making up the suite are the two 9×12 Feraghan Sarouk rugs, and a 11×18 antique Persian Veramin carpets in the foreground and a 12×19 antique Sultanabad in the background its own conversation area. Together these four Oriental carpets assist in creating gracious conversation areas in this large space while accentuating the role of the carved woodwork and sensitively upholstered furnishings in this uplifting Great Hall.
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4. The Elegantly Proportioned Artistry And Warm Camelhair Tones of Antique Persian Serab Carpets Add a Joyful Central Focus to This Grand Foyer
This image is from a whole home project in a massive lakeside family compound in the High Sierras. Very few carpets are equal to the grandeur of the most opulent and ambitious Beaux Arts-inspired interiors. This very rare room-size antique Persian Serab camelhair rug handles this challenge with aplomb, brilliantly harmonizing the theme of light and dark that appears in the gilt-iron metalwork and lofty domed ceiling. The 19th-century art carpet provides the tactile, human touch that beautifully softens the impact of each commanding decorative feature.
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5. Rare 19th-Century Persian Serab Camelhair Carpet Perfectly Matches The Preexisting Carpeting and Decor of This Grand Entry
This image is from a whole home project in a massive lakeside family compound in the High Sierras. The right antique art carpet is surprisingly easy to integrate into a pre-existing decorative scheme. Here, the delicate latticework and soft camelhair tones of a superb 19th-century Persian Serab carpet pick up the gold scrolling hues of the stair carpeting for a completely integrated and distinguished effect. The two textiles coexist beautifully, even though the 19th-century Serab carpet was a later addition to this space.
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6. Grand Oversize Antique Persian Tribal Rug Amplifies the Breathtaking Splendor of this Two-Story Billiard Room
This image is from a whole home project in a lakeside family compound in the High Sierras. A massive room, especially one that is elegantly wood-paneled from floor to ceiling, necessitates a rich palette of colors to match the sumptuousness of the woods. Some antique Oriental carpets offer naturally-dyed jewel tones, such as this rare 19th-century Bakhtiari oversize rug with its wide spectrum of brilliant rose and coral reds, fern and spruce greens, walnut browns, and saffron golds. Its structured “Garden Compartment” design echoes the pattern of the woodwork and presents a repeated, large scale, botanical motif that evokes the grand natural landscape in which this estate is situated.
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7. A Convivial Atmosphere Created by the Colorful Persian Bakhtiari Carpet Fills This Game Room, Including Its Inimitably Crafted Bar
This image is from a whole home project in a massive lakeside family compound in the High Sierras. This stunning 19th-century Bakhtiari carpet’s rich saffron, cobalt blue, coral and green hues create an ambiance, supporting energetic, lively conversation that easily moves from the billiard table to the sumptuous bar area. Retaining the stately comfort of this masculine preserve, the Persian art carpet makes it not only impressive but truly refreshing.
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8. Antique Persian Bakhtiari Carpet and Heriz Rug Contribute a Bold, Masculine Quality to This Distinguished Game Room
This image is from a whole home project in a massive lakeside family compound in the High Sierras. A second style of geometric Persian rug from Heriz that enhances the sitting area pairs well with the bold and colorful antique Bakhtiari carpet under the billiard table, resulting in fascinating interplay between the two. Both of these carpets were woven in village settings and capture a spirited, rustic character. As Oriental carpets spread throughout Europe from the 15th-century, village styles such as these graced many castles as their strength of design was not lost in those enormous structures. This evocative traditional room with its elegant furniture and game table also benefits from the artistry of these geometric styles.
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9. Striking 19th-Century Bijar (Bidjar) Persian Rug With Majestic Center Medallion Provides the Ideal Decorative Solution For Expansive Passageway In Traditional Home
This image is from a whole home project in a massive lakeside family compound in the High Sierras. Only particular Oriental carpets have sufficient character to ground a voluminous space and unify the panoply of color, textural treatments, and precious art and antiques in the grandest homes. This memorable sitting room ambitiously blends Dutch Delft tile work, shimmering marble, expertly wrought mahogany woodwork, green silk wall coverings and an antique European maritime painting. The addition of the 140-year-old Bijar (Bidjar) corridor carpet with its massive scale of design, clear complementary colors, and deep patina brings warmth and unity to the two sides of this vast parlor as it also acts as a splendid passageway rug.
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10. Bijar (Bidjar) Carpet Pair Fills A Formal Interior With Unexpected, Dynamic Energy
This image is from a whole home project in a massive lakeside family compound in the High Sierras. Persian carpets have long been associated with Old World formal interiors, where their luxurious elegance effortlessly complements and enhances European design. Though this compatibility is well known, the transformative impact that expertly selected, top-tier 19th-century antique rugs have often comes as a welcome surprise, even to seasoned aesthetes. Note how the medallions of these two 19th-century Persian Bijar (Bidjar) rugs, each intentionally positioned slightly off-center, appear to levitate in their own distinctly different way. The winged medallion of the larger piece appears to soar, while the nearer rug seems to vibrate within its narrower, more confined smaller space. The two rug’s structured symmetry and dynamism creates a living energy that radiates along the corridor, becoming a mesmerizing focus of attention.
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11. The Subdued Artistry of Two Complementary Persian Tabriz Rugs Provides an Understated Accent to a Tranquil Bedroom Décor
This image is from a whole home project in a massive lakeside family compound in the High Sierras. The restful low contrast aesthetic of antique Persian Tabriz rugs woven in the style of the famed Hadji Jalili workshop make them the perfect addition to the understated ambiance of a tone-on-tone bedroom, where a restful, restorative atmosphere is in order. Here, this coupling of a 3×5 Tabriz at the bedside and a 7×10 in the seating area in front of the fireplace enhance the quiet, yet elegant mood of this room. These antique Persian rugs are certain to gradually reveal their full nuances during periods of contemplation.
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12. The Expertly Crafted, Fascinating Design of This Outstanding 19th-Century Bijar (Bidjar) Resonates with the Beautifully Tooled Antique Desk
Clearly the work of master carpet crafts women at the height of their art, this 19th-century Oriental carpet accords well with the exquisite 18th-century ornamental desk and silver ink well in this regal home office. The incredibly nuanced and creative design in this unique Persian Bijar (Bidjar) carpet offers a rare spruce green background that forms a long hexagonal reserve which perfectly frames and enhances the work area.
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13. Remarkable Century-old Tribal Rugs Bring Traditional Ambiance to this Stunning Master Bath
Part of a whole home project in a massive lakeside family compound in the High Sierras, our clients wished to extend the traditional ambiance they created throughout their home into the master bathroom, choosing three remarkable century-old tribal rugs to gracefully soften the expanse of its marble floors.
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14. Elegant Grandeur of Traditional Persian Bijar (Bidjar) Rug Ideally Complements Passageway in Mountain Estate
This image is from a whole home project in a massive lakeside family compound in the High Sierras. The exquisite coloration and graceful contours of a quintessential 19th-century Persian Bijar (Bidjar) carpet are immediately compatible within this luxurious high-mountain residence, which draws heavily on European influences in its architecture and antique furnishings. As would be expected in a grand Old World estate, the showpiece home includes numerous antique Persian carpets in the styles most avidly coveted by affluent English, French, German and Swiss buyers during the 19th-century. It is easy to see why such carpets remain so popular in grand homes: the 140-year-old Bijar (Bidjar) rug brings a poised compositional balance and genteel appreciation of natural color that supports the elegant stonework, paneling and porcelain on display, while also adding its own entirely unique aesthetic contribution.
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