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Nasrabad Rugs are woven by settled tribespeople from the Qashqai and Luri tribes in villages south of Isfahan, central PersiaIran.

In many ways Nasrabad Rugs are similar to the rugs produced in the village (small town) of Abadeh. Stylistically, the designs produced highlight their tribal heritage: with distinctive medallions in combination with a field packed with interesting (fun) zoomorphic motifs and geometric, stylised floral patterns.
Typically Nasrabad Rugs are woven in small sizes and runner formats, and these are sturdy, hard wearing rugs. Nasrabad Rugs have a thick woollen pile (generally thicker than Abadeh Rugs) alongside a ridged, tight double weft construction. Older examples maybe woven on a woollen base, whilst modern Nasrabad Rugs have a cotton foundation.

This is an impressive large size Afghan Kilim. One of the largest Kilims currently in stock, it is also outstanding value and exquisite colours!

A super-striking design! The wonderful colours show gentle variations of shade.

This Veg Dye Afghan Kilim consists of wool and is a handmade flat-weave, i.e. no pile.

One of the excellent features of this type of kilim is that it is the same on both sides, meaning that it can be used either way up.

This heavy quality Persian Gabbeh Runner is made entirely from wool (pile, warp and weft). The pile is remarkably thick and formed by handtied knots.

Although this runner is plain in composition, the weaver has used different shades of natural coloured wool along its length. These very gentle variations of colour give this Persian Runner an especially natural, organic appearance.

This Persian Belouch Runner is particularly endearing. The spine of the design features six guls laid upon a dark background with a theme of stylised birds overlaying the remainder of the field. The colour scheme consists of warm colours, notably red and oranges alongside the black field and the overall scheme is lightened by the beige corners.

The pile is made of wool knotted onto a cotton foundation.

A wonderful small size runnerstrip.

This Afghan Khan Mohamadi Rug has an eye-catching triple medallion design. The main colour of this Afghan Khan Mohamadi Rug is a glowing browny-red tone, with secondary colour of a deep blue-black and additional elements of cream and brown.

The wool pile has an especially glossy feel. The pile is made from knots tied onto a wool warp foundation.

This Afghan Ziegler Rug displays a muted, washed-out colour scheme. This understated look is achieved by the beige main central colour with a faint floral theme overlaid surrounded by a beige main border.

Although the colour scheme appears delicate, the woollen pile is especially durable. This woollen pile is handmade, formed by knots tied onto a cotton foundation.

This Veg Dye Afghan Kilim rug is outstanding value! The wonderful jolly colours show very gentle and delicate variations of shade.

This Veg Dye Afghan Kilim consists of wool and is a handmade flat-weave, i.e. no pile.

One of the excellent features of this type of kilim is that it is the same on both sides, meaning that it can be used either way up.

This Veg Dye Afghan Kilim rug is outstanding value and exquisite colours! The wonderful colours show very gentle and delicate variations of shade. This Veg Dye Afghan Kilim consists of wool and is a handmade flat-weave, i.e. no pile.

One of the excellent features of this type of kilim is that it is the same on both sides, meaning that it can be used either way up.

This Veg Dye Afghan Kilim rug is outstanding value and exquisite colours! The wonderful colours show very gentle and delicate variations of shade. This Veg Dye Afghan Kilim consists of wool and is a handmade flat-weave, i.e. no pile.

One of the excellent features of this type of kilim is that it is the same on both sides, meaning that it can be used either way up.

This Persian Gabbeh RugRunner is a remarkably heavy quality. The wool pile is amazingly thick and luxurious.

The pile is formed by hand-tied knots, this knotting is really fine and neat relative to the usual Gabbeh weave. As with most Persian Gabbeh Rugs, the warp and weft threads are made of wool.

The pattern is jazzy and eye-catching - a real gem!

This Veg Dye Afghan Kilim rug is outstanding value and exquisite colours!

A super-striking small scale all over design! The wonderful colours show very gentle and delicate variations of shade.

This Veg Dye Afghan Kilim consists of wool and is a handmade flat-weave, i.e. no pile.

One of the excellent features of this type of kilim is that it is the same on both sides, meaning that it can be used either way up.

This Persian Qashqai Kilim Rug was handwoven in South West Iran.

This Persian Kilim has a contemporary appearance with its plain blue abrashed field - these variations in shade has a slightly pinky tone.

An excellent feature of this type of slit-weave kilim is that it is the same on both sides, meaning that it can be used either way up.

This all wool flat woven rug has beautful natural dyes and hand-spun wool.

This old Kurdish Mat was made originally as the face of a saddle bag (khorjin).

The diamond pattern probably relates to the Jaf or the Sanjabi tribes of west Iran.
It has a wool pile hand-knotted onto wool warps.

Interestingly each diamond is different and the white inner border curiously narrows at one end (folk art at its best)!

This Afghan Silk and Wool Carpet is a super fine quality.

It has silk warp threads, the thinness of which allows the weaver to create tiny knots. The pile contains vast areas of silk, most notably the main beige background colour and the dark orange shade of one of the principle gul motifs.

The knot count is impressive at around 400 per square inch.

This Veg Dye Afghan Kilim rug is outstanding value and exquisite colours!

A super-striking design! The wonderful colours show very gentle and delicate variations of shade.

This Veg Dye Afghan Kilim consists of wool and is a handmade flat-weave, i.e. no pile.

One of the excellent features of this type of kilim is that it is the same on both sides, meaning that it can be used either way up.

At The Oriental Rug Merchant we are always on the hunt for the interesting and extraordinary.

This old Persian Bidjar Kilim is from the Kurdish part of Iran, and this Kilim is a real smile maker! Some of the characters are quite cartoon-like! (See pictures below).

Towards the top of the Kilim there is an inscription, part of which are numbers which translate to 1332. This could represent a date, if this is the case, in the Gregorian Calendar that would be roughly 1913 - but of course this might not be the year of manufacture it might be something entirely different.

This flatwoven handmade rug consists of just wool. The Kelleghi proportion is a narrow size carpet whereby the length is twice its width.

For use on a hard floor (wood, tiles, etc) or on carpet Cybergold Underlay is recommended to prevent slippage.

This magnificent old Persian Bidjar Rug is in the region of 30-40 years old. This exquisite Bidjar Rug has the Herati design laid upon a midnight blue field, in the centre there is a beautiful medallion (quarters of which are repeated in the corners) which is distinctively embellished with roses towards the edges.

The woollen pile is solid yet has a glossy appearance, whilst the construction is ridged and sturdy.

From a condition point of view, this Bidjar Rug is in excellent order and despite its age is suitable for heavy traffic locations.

Persian Bidjar Rugs such as this are becoming quite scarce.

This Persian Gabbeh Runner has a real wow factor - it has a jazzy chequerboard design in jolly colours. This Persian Runner makes a visual impact . . . a strong statement for interior decor: it is fresh and modern.

The woollen pile is thick and luxurious, formed by consistent knotting onto woollen foundations.

This Persian Gabbeh Rug is in the region of 20-30 years old. It takes the form of a "Mossul": a narrow rugshort wide runner.

The "Lightening" design of this Persian Gabbeh Rug is one of the most appealing designs produced in this type of rug and contrasts superbly with the natural wool background colour; it is visually striking if somewhat erraticallyendearingly executed! - this combination alongside its proportion suggests it was not made "for the market" but for the weavers own (home) use.

This Persian Gabbeh Rug has a woollen pile knotted onto a woollen foundation, it is not as thick as its modern Persian Gabbeh counterparts. From a condition perspective, this Gabbeh Rug has full pile and no repairs, however there is the very slightest hint of colour-run which is illustrated in the fourth image below.

Attractive colours and a smart floral repeating design. This Persian Hamadan Runner has a hand knotted woollen pile on a single weft cotton foundation.

Width varies from 86cm to 90cm towards one end. It is not entirely flat laying as it is slightly ripply along the edges.

Great value nevertheless

This is Afghan Belouch Salt Bag (Namakdan) has a knotted face (pile) with a kilim (flat woven) back.

It is an intriguing tribal artefact, visually eye-catching and a perfect display piece. The design consists of an all over pattern with the colours (aside from the lattice frame work) appearing to be randomly chosen.

Handcrafted and made entirely from wool, this Belouch Salt Bag would have been made for the weaver's own (or family) use.

This type of Persian Gabbeh "Shouli" consists mostly of natural coloured wool.

This Persian Gabbeh Rug depicts the Tree of Life design in a simple stylised form. The background show plenty of natural variations of shade.

The wool pile is thick, soft and luxurious and formed by knots tied onto a wool foundation.

Another little treasure! This old Afghan Mushwani Chanteh (small tribal bag) has a combination of pile and flat weave. The flat weave is in lattice formation enveloping the pile. A superb tribal artefact.

Probably best used as an interesting display piece!

For quality alongside durability there is no better than Persian Bidjar Rugs.

Persian Bidjar Rugs can last for generations due to their unique weave of fine knotting along with thick pile. The pile is so closely packed that when you walk on it, you are walking on the tips of the pile.

This Persian Bidjar Rug has an unusual square proportion and it weighs a ton!! The design configuration is the Herati pattern which is favoured in Bidjar, and works especially well with fine knotting. The colours of this Bidjar Square are attractive and mellow.

This Persian Bidjar Rug has a thick woollen pile knotted onto a cotton foundation. The structure of the weave is particularly tight and ridged.

This is an old Persian Qashqai Carpet in the region of 30-40 years old. It shows quite a distinctive design: 2 medallions - typically Qashqai rugs have one or three and very occasionally more. The colour scheme employed is pleasing to the eye with attractive gingery colours. By Qashqai standards this is a large carpet, as the Qashqai tribe seldom make carpets larger than this example. Consistent with the carpet's age, this Qashqai has areas of low pile and one small old moth nibble.

Senneh is the capital of the Persian Kurdistan province, and is situated south of Bidjar and North West of Hamadan. Senneh is the ancient name for Sanandaj, and rugs emanating from Sanandaj are known as Senneh.

Senneh rugs are woven on a vertical loom with a woollen pile on a cotton warp and weft using exclusively the Turkish or Ghiordes (symmetrical) knot. It is therefore strange that the name Senneh has been attributed to the Persianasymmetrical knot.

There are two types of Senneh rugs. The old type Senneh was woven with a very distinctive single weft construction. These rugs have an extremely rough back to them almost rasp-like. The wefts on these rugs appear to be inconsistentirregular; however the knotting is fine and close, whilst the pile is thin and short. In spite of this Sennehs are extremely hard wearing.

The village of Abadeh is situated between Isfahan and Shiraz. Rug weaving has only been in existence in Abadeh for around 100 years, and as a result the rugs of Abadeh are influenced by the designs of the Qashqai tribe. In fact, some sources believe that given it's geographical location the people of Abadeh are descended from the Qashqai.

For about 50 years, Abadeh rugs have been woven with a cotton warp and weft with a Persian knot. Although the designs used by Abadeh are generally conservative there is a strong Qashqai influence, with a small Qashqai style central medallion that is repeated in the corners - "Hebatlu" design. The colours used are typically vibrant reds and blues, whilst there are occasional cream ground examples with terracotta.

By village standards these rugs are of a fine quality made with excellent wool, and as a result Abadeh rugs are a very durable quality.