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 PERSIAN DESIGN HANDKNOTTED WOOL RUG 67 x 95FT  US $943.54
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 PERSIAN DESIGN SILK HANDKNOTTED RUG 4x 6 FT123 x188CM US $628.50
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 8 Hall runner finely woven handmade wool beige grey US $750.00
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 Beautiful Handmade antique Persian rug authentic rug US $685.00
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 6x9 multi color handmade handmade rug gold red blue US $1,441.00
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 high quality thick handmade wool area rug hand woven US $1,850.00
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 23 ft x 3 ft Hall runner Persian Hamadan Handmade rug US $2,458.00
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 10 foot Hall runner green army green vegetable dye rug US $899.00
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 Very very beautiful Antique Persian small rug handmade US $699.00
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 Vegetable dye chobi muted color rug gold and red wool US $646.00
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 Handmade oriental rug Persian design wool fine quality US $1,841.00
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 100 natural wool oriental rug handmade tan and brown US $741.00
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 beautiful vegetable dye redwood color Persian design US $688.00
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 11 FT X 18FT Persian Kerman antique soft silky wool US $5,500.00
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 Baluch handmade runner from wester Afghanistan tribal US $1,800.00
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 Super quality handmade 8 round rug beige gold brown US $4,880.00
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 8x10 handmade thick wool area rug handmade oriental US $1,100.00
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 Rug 14 ft hall runner Persian design wool area rug US $950.00
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 tribal Trukoman rug Afghan bag face decorative peice US $650.00
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 6x9 great quality handmade vegetable dye oriental rug US $1,966.00
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 8x11 vegetable dye hand spun wool Persian design rug US $4,450.00
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 4 X 6 Light Green HandKnotted Handmade Chobi Wool Area Rug Oriental Persian H271 US $247.00
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 Persian Farahan rug 3 4 x 4 10 circa 1900 US $350.00
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 Persian Afshari 1 11 x 2 6 US $300.00
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 26x12 RUNNER HANDKNOTTED PERSIAN WOOL RUG BLUE US $1,200.00
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 PERSIAN HANDKNOTTED FLORAL CARPET RUG 123 X 105 US $3,100.00
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 PERSIAN HANDKNOTTED RUNNER FLORAL CARPET RUG 178X210 US $1,200.00
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 PERSIAN HANDKNOTTED YEZD FLORAL CARPET RUG 101X610 US $699.00
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 PERSIAN HANDKNOTTED DECORATIVE FLORALCARPET RUG711X42 US $249.00
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 PERSIAN HANDKNOTTED FLORAL CARPET RUG 169 X 911 US $6,499.00
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History of the Pazaryk Rug
The oldest complete area rug was discovered by Russian Professor Sergei Rudenko in 1949 during the excavation of burial mounds in Southern Siberia, close to the border with Mongolia. The burial mounds were located in the Altai Mountains in the Pazeryk Valley.
Before the Pazaryk Rug Was Discovered
Before the rug was discovered in 1949, it had been preserved since the 5th century BC. Just how the rug remained in tact is very interesting.
The rug had been preserved in the permafrost since the 5th century BC. Soon after the rug had been placed in the burial mound of a Sythian cheiftain, grave robbers raided the tomb. Fortunately the robbers ignored the rug, and in their pursuit actually helped to protect the rug from decay
Through the opening, which the robbers left behind, water poured into the mound and froze, thus protecting the rug from decay.
Called the Pazyryk rug, it is 180 X 198 (5'11 X 6'6) has a velvety woollen pile, finely knotted (An Average of between 200 to 270 symmetrical knots to the square inch.)
The rugs' central field is a deep madder red colour and it has five borders. The primary, or widest, border contains horsemen. Each horse has an embroided saddlecloth of which the design resembles the actual Pazaryk rug. The secondary inner border contains rows of deer.
The central field depicts repeating quatrefoils, which can be found in the stonework at the entrances to some Assyrian Palaces.
The design suggests an Achaemenid Persian origin. (A Persian Dynasty, which reigned from 559 BC TO 330 BC)
The Pazaryk Rug Today
There is some dispute as to the exact origin of the piece.
Did the Pastoral Nomads who owned this valuable fine rug make it themselves or acquire it by means of trade?
It is now kept in the Hermitage Museum of Leningrad.
Although there have been fragments of older and finer examples of handknotted rugs discovered, these pieces were too tattered to be successfully identified.
The Pazaryk Rug has been reproduced in a 100% Worsted Wool Machine made Wilton rug.
The Royal Keshan Pazaryk Rug is available in two colourways and various sizes. The original colourway can be seen at
http://www.rugstorene.co.uk/product.aspx?id=1197
and the brand new colouring of the Antique Pazaryk Rug at http://www.rugstorene.co.uk/product.aspx?id=1258.
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