Oriental Rugs......i'm Happy To Help.

[Oliver Campbell]

Hi Oliver
This is one that you should be able to ID as it is one you're likely to come across.
It's a North West Persian Heriz.
In good condition the retail price would be around £2500-£3000.

Thank you robert. I thought it was that sort of area but couldn't say much more than that. I did think its was more a village rug than a town rug, which seams to be true from putting Herzi into google. Thank you again for your time.

 

[Martin Bailey]

Good evening Robert, what can you tell me about these two pleasm

 

[Robert Aigin]

Sorry just seen this.
They are both machine-made.

 

[David Radley]

Hi Robert

Been asked to clean this rug, and they do not know much of the origin.
Could you help.

Regards
David

 

[Billy Thomas]

Hi Robert,

Could you value & ID these rugs please.

“Orange/Rusty” sort of colour is Silk & older than the customer she believes. Was passed through the family

Second one they are clueless.

Thank you

 

[Robert Aigin]

David
Your rug looks like a Moroccan.
maybe 20 years old and would retail at around £500.

 

[Robert Aigin]

Billy
The darker one is wool.
It is what’s known as an Afghan Kol Mohamadi. It’s new and would retail at about £200 per square metre.
the lighter rug which I think is the one you think is silk is a machine made rug probably made in Belgium. It is definitely not silk and has no real value.

 

[Billy Thomas]

Thanks Robert, the wrong way around, I may of confused you but both answers are there. Thank you

 

[Robert Aigin]

I’m never sure if the photos come out in the same order which is why I talked about the darker and lighter rugs.
often the machine made rugs are made of rayon or mercerised cotton or something else that appears to be silk.
some Afghan rugs are made with silk but not many. I can’t tell from the photo. The wool rugs usually go through a chemical wash to make the wool soft and ‘silky’.

 

[Carl Sands]

Hi Robert,

This pictorial rug has led me down an interesting path; it has a great back story in that the client has inherited it from her grandmother and told me this

“My grandparents bought it from Reza Emami who was the son of Jafar Sharif- Emami. He was the 38th prime minister of Iran. He fled Iran and lived in Exile in the USA after the Islamic Revolution in 1979.”

An Iranian friend of mine had his mother translate the text:

The first says hoshang shah
The order of Mohammed rezan khan


- I’ve found a number of Kerman pictorials along similar themes but would greatly appreciate your thoughts.

many thanks,
Carl

 

[Robert Aigin]

Hi Carl
This is a very nice example of fine Kirman weaving. This type of pictorial rug appeals more to the Persian taste rather than European and would command a higher price in Iran.
However, it is a very nice rug and it looks in good condition it would retail in the Uk for around £6-8000.
If it can be attributed to a particular weaver or ordered by one of the Shah’s then maybe it could be worth much more………but that is beyond my knowledge I’m afraid.

 

[Carl Sands]

Brilliant Robert, thank you. Any idea on date? I was thinking early 20th century - I'm basing that on the disintegration of one or two sectors of pile due to one of the more modern dyes; can't think of the name of the one that disintegrates wool over time.

 

[Robert Aigin]

I would think circa 1900.

 

[Robert Aigin]

The brown dyes generally oxidise first. There’s a lot of acid in cochineal (crushed beetles).

 

[Billy Thomas]

Hi Robert
Any idea on value & history of this Persian from one of my clients?
Thank you

 

[Robert Aigin]

Hi Billy

it’s difficult from just one photo to be sure if it’s origin, but it looks like a Persian Meshed circa 1920.
would need a photo of the back to be sure.
In good condition I would think it would retail at around £3000

 

[Joseph Stokes]

Hi, i appreciate not the best pic but just wondered if you could give any info on this , best regards

 

[Joseph Stokes]

Sorry, and this one, thanks again

 

[Robert Aigin]

Hi Joseph
First one looks like an Indian Jaipur.
second one looks like a Pakistan, but it’s very hard without seeing the weave. Both are just furnishing pieces of no particular merit or value.

 

[Joseph Stokes]

Hi Joseph
First one looks like an Indian Jaipur.
second one looks like a Pakistan, but it’s very hard without seeing the weave. Both are just furnishing pieces of no particular merit or value.

Thank you much appreciated