Kerman is a city located in the south-eastern part of Iran, and it is known for producing some of the finest and most luxurious handmade carpets in the world. Kerman carpets are renowned for their intricate designs, rich colours, and exceptional quality, and they have been prized by collectors and connoisseurs of fine textiles for centuries.

The carpets are typically made from high-quality wool or silk, and they are often adorned with intricate floral or geometric patterns. The designs are usually inspired by the natural world, with motifs such as flowers, leaves, and vines featuring prominently in the patterns. One of the most distinctive features of Kerman carpets is their rich colour palette, which often includes deep shades of red, blue, and green, as well as lighter pastel tones. The colours are typically achieved through the use of natural dyes, which are sourced from plants, insects, and minerals more...

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A knotted Kerman wool runner, Iran, mid-twentieth century, with…

A knotted Kerman wool runner, Iran, mid-twentieth century, with central flower heads and a profusion of flowers in colours upon a navy field, with peach and cream floral spandrels enclosed by a main red border with a running vegetal design, with cotton…

A Kerman runner, Eastern Iran, 1950's, 501 x 89 cm

Kerman Runner from Eastern Iran, 1950's

A Kerman runner, Eastern Iran, 1950's, 501 x 89 cm

Indo-Persian Kerman design hand knotted carpet, wool pile on…

Indo-Persian Lotus Kerman Carpet

Indo-Persian Kerman design hand knotted carpet, wool pile on cotton foundation, decorated with lotus flowers and palmettes issuing from vases, in soft colours on an old ivory tone ground, framed by a meander border of the same elements. 311 x 243 cm

A very large Iranian Kerman hand knotted carpet the entire…

Large Lotus Flower Kerman Carpet

A very large Iranian Kerman hand knotted carpet the entire field decorated with lotus flowers, leaves and floral tendrils, in pale tones, framed by a wide border patterned with reciprocal crenels decorated with similar elements to the field. Wool pile on…

A red Kerman hall runner, Eastern Iran, circa 1940's, 500 x 92…

1940's Kerman Hall Runner from Eastern Iran

A red Kerman hall runner, Eastern Iran, circa 1940's, 500 x 92 cm

A large antique Persian Kerman hand knotted carpet, the plain…

Antique Persian Kerman Carpet with Faded Madder Field

A large antique Persian Kerman hand knotted carpet, the plain field attractively faded to soft madder, framed by old ivory and bleu celeste border patterned with roses. Wool pile on cotton weft and warp. Rebound edges and slight losses and small repairs…

A hand-knotted Iranian rug, c1940s, this rug takes traditional…

Kerman Rug: Traditional Motifs with European Twist

A hand-knotted Iranian rug, c1940s, this rug takes traditional Iranian motifs and amplifies, enlarges and simplifies them to produce a scale of design more European in taste. From the District of Kerman. 2900 x 190 cm

An Iranian Kerman carpet, the field decorated with a floral…

Iranian Kerman Carpet with Floral Medallion and Border Guards

An Iranian Kerman carpet, the field decorated with a floral medallion, multiple floral border guards. 262 x 174 cm.

Persian Lavar Kerman rug circa 1920s, Oriental tree of life…

1920s Persian Lavar Kerman Rug with Tree of Life

Persian Lavar Kerman rug circa 1920s, Oriental tree of life with frolicking, birds on a Navy ground, with border to match, 440 x 297 cm

A large Persian designer vintage Kerman carpet, 20th century,…

Vintage Kerman Carpet with Bold Floral Design

A large Persian designer vintage Kerman carpet, 20th century, with classic Kerman design of bold floral medallion and wide elaborately designed border set within a coral-toned field of floral bouquets. The hand-knotted rug of 100% wool. 414 cm x 290 cm

A Kerman hand knotted rug, in unusual pale tones, with a…

Pale Kerman Hand Knotted Rug with Floral Border

A Kerman hand knotted rug, in unusual pale tones, with a central medallion on a plain field framed by a floral meander border. 123 x 182 cm.

A Birjand Kerman design Persian carpet, with a central floral…

Birjand Kerman Floral Persian Carpet

A Birjand Kerman design Persian carpet, with a central floral lozenge in blue, pink and green colours with two diagonally opposite floral roundels, and an asymmetric and broken light tan vegetal border dotted with red and blue flowers on an oatmeal field,…

A narrow hand knotted Persian Kerman runner, the field with…

Floral Persian Kerman Runner with Birds and Animals

A narrow hand knotted Persian Kerman runner, the field with profuse designs of flowering branches, birds and animals, one wide order guard also with birds and flowers. 77 cm x 300 cm

A fine Persian Kerman 'Madam butterfly' rug, a Royal beige…

Green and Tan Madam Butterfly Persian Rug

A fine Persian Kerman 'Madam butterfly' rug, a Royal beige Queen Mumtaz Madam butterfly design rug in an unusual mid green, black and tan palette with sky blue undulating floral borders. Provenance: Purchased at Chaudhary's Oriental carpet Palace, 1980,…

A semi-antique Kerman Laver prayer rug, decorated with a shaped…

Kerman Laver Prayer Rug with Floral and Bird Motifs

A semi-antique Kerman Laver prayer rug, decorated with a shaped niche patterned with a vase of flowers with leafy and flowering tendrils, song birds, vase designs with roses repeating in the quadrants, framed by narrow guards and a main border decorated…

A Persian Kerman runner in sky blue, pink and mid green, the…

Sky Blue Kerman Runner with Ornate Medallions

A Persian Kerman runner in sky blue, pink and mid green, the long borders with shaped foliate, scroll and damask rose motifs, and to the centre, a series of ornate lozenge shape medallions. Length 614 cm. Width 74 cm

An antique Kerman vegetable dye rug. Over 70 years old. 324 x…

70-year-old Kerman vegetable dye rug, 324 x 252 cm

An antique Kerman vegetable dye rug. Over 70 years old. 324 x 252 cm

A large Persian Kerman patterned rug. 302 x 205 cm

Persian Kerman Rug: Grandeur in 302 x 205 cm

A large Persian Kerman patterned rug. 302 x 205 cm

A Kerman hand knotted Persian carpet. 353 x 245 cm.

Kerman Persian Carpet, 353 x 245 cm

A Kerman hand knotted Persian carpet. 353 x 245 cm.