An Indian 'Mahal' 19th century style hand woven rug. Having muted dark green tones of floral motifs. Originally retailed by 'Jenny Jones Rugs'. 368 cm x 448 cm
A Patchwork rug, composed of fragments of earlier 20th century rugs, 482 cm long, 382 cm wide. Provenance: Behruz studio, Melbourne, from whom acquired by Stuart rattle in 2011 for a design scheme by him for the vendor
A Feltex picture rug of 'Lake Matheson New Zealand', depicting Te Ara Kairaumati with a bush scene surrounding it, and a mountain range reflected. Feltex rugs started producing rugs with iconic landmarks for the tourist trade. In the 1960s and 70s, they be
A Feltex picture rug Aoraki 'Mount Cook', depicting mountain ranges with native plant life, a pakeko, and a koru inspired lower edge design. Feltex rugs started producing rugs with iconic landmarks for the tourist trade. In the 1960s and 70s, they became p
A Feltex picture rug 'Queenstown', depicting lake Wakatipu, and the mountain ranges of Queenstown in the background. Feltex rugs started producing rugs with iconic landmarks for the tourist trade. In the 1960s and 70s, they became part of a greater cause t
An early Manatunga travel rug with a Tukutuku pattern, a Roslyn Dunedin textiles, New Zealand early Manatunga wool travel rug, with a tukutuku panel pattern in white, magenta, and black, the original label 'Maori for Keepsake' 'Wahine' label attached. Mana
A Feltex picture rug of 'Mt. Egmont', depicting mount Taranaki, coated in snow, with a rural farm scene in the foreground. With the name of a previous owner written to the back. Feltex rugs started producing rugs with iconic landmarks for the tourist trade
A Feltex picture rug of a map of Aotearoa, with depictions of pastimes of fishing and skiing. Feltex rugs started producing rugs with iconic landmarks for the tourist trade. In the 1960s and '70s, they became part of a greater cause to celebrate New Zealan
A Feltex picture rug of Aoraki 'Mount Cook', depicting mountain ranges with native plant life, a pakeko, and a koru inspired lower edge design. Feltex rugs started producing rugs with iconic landmarks for the tourist trade. In the 1960s and '70s, they beca
A Zaha Hadid 'Hope' rug for Arzu rugs, 2013. A black wool ground with delicate cream geometric patterning. Initialled 'Zh' to the corner. With short fringe ends. Zaha Hadid designed this piece for Arzu rugs as part of their 'Hope by Designers' collection.
Two Kilim rugs, comprising a runner with geometric motifs in shades of orange, red, blue and cream and a large kilim with geometric motifs in shades of blue, brown, red, yellow, orange and white (2), 135 x 334 cm; 370 x 242 cm. Provenance: Private Estate c
Two Persian rugs, 20th century, comprising a Persian silk on cotton medallion rug in burgundy, brown and cream tones and a Bokhara wool rug with a repeat pattern of animals in a central field with successive borders in brown and cream tones. Length 252 cm,
Designer rugs, large rug, black, gold and beige NZ wool, decorated with central medallion, acanthus leaves and a border of oak leaves, length 428 cm width 299 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
Designer rugs, large rug, black, gold and beige wool, decorated with central diamond, acanthus leaves and a border of bands in the Greek key pattern, scrolls and flowers, length 460 cm width 407 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
A collection of three Flokati rugs, one flokati rug, a flokati floor runner, and a lined flokati throw., Greece, c 1970s, rug: 240l x 160w, floor runner: 160l x 60w, throw: 155l x 130w
A Turkish Tulu rug, circa mid 20th century, featuring a diamond lattice design with an overall geometric vase shape in shades of grey wool against a cream ground. Constructed with several rows of wefts in-between each row of knots, typical of Tulu rugs, 20
Three Scandinavian Wool Rugs, c. 1960, wool, long pile, cat, polar bear, abstract (3), length 116 cm, width 70 cm, (cat), length 107 cm, width 77 cm, (polar bear), length 116 cm, width 76 cm, (abstract)
Two Matching Kilim Rugs, 20th Century, wool, all-over geometric designs in shades of red, brown, black and cream (2), 300 x 101 cm; 183 x 101 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney, Labels: Originally one large rug
Kate Wells (b 1961) - golden geese (Blue/Green), Dilana rug, limited edition 6/20, signed & inscribed with title to underside, crafted by Ralph W. On original label to reverse, 200 x 150 cm. Provenance: purchased from Dilana rugs, Christchurch, December 20
A near pair of fine silk Hereke rugs, with a blue ground and all over field of flowers and foliage within a triple border of flower heads and scrolls, the larger signed Hereke in one corner. 198 x 122 cm, 184 x 118 cm
A pair of 1920s American Saruk hand knotted wool on cotton rugs, the central medallion on a field of interlaced flowering branches, surrounded by a central band framed by two narrow guards. Ex. estate collection of a gentleman based in Iran 1940's as head
Rug and carpet reference books, includes Eiland, M.L. Oriental rugs a new comprehensive guide, a New York Graphic Society book, 1981 3rd edition, dust jacket and others [4]
'Kanga Brand - A Castlemaine Mills Product' - matching pair of point-of-sale advertising cards (with hangers) for 'Kanga Brand Rugs' and 'Kanga Brand Blankets', both advertisements with a red and black printed 'seal' depicting a kangaroo standing on an 'Al
Kate Wells (b 1961) - Short Sheep III (rust), Dilana rug, limited edition 2/20, signed, inscribed with title to reverse, crafted be Ralph W. For Dilana rugs on original label to reverse, 235 x 80 cm. Provenance, purchased from Dilana Rugs, Christchurch in
Kate Wells for Dilana rugs Ltd 'Sky' - Ltd ed 1/10 signed woollen floor rug, inscribed with title and signed to reverse with original label - trapezoid form 176.5 x 158 cm
Rugs & Carpets: selection with hardbound titles comprising Oriental Carpets by Schurmann, World Rugs & Carpets - Comprehensive Guide to the Design. Provenance: and Buying of Carpets edited by David Black, Oriental Carpets in the Museum of Islamic Art, Berl
A fine pair of mirrored Persian Pictorian rugs, circa early 20th century, decorated with figures, birds and animals in a garden scene against a dark blue ground, surrounded by a scrolling foliate border. . Approximately 201 cm x 136.5 cm
Genuine hand knotted Persian carpet hand made in Kashan parts of Iran. Kashan tribe is well known for their rugs and weavings, 100% wool pile, 418 x 293 cm
Two Iranian Qum rugs, decorated with an oval medallion patterned with flowers on a blue-black ground, framed by floral quadrants and a rosette border. 96 cm x 65 cm.
A pair of Afghan war rugs, hand-knotted depiction of iconic war imagery. Geographic descriptions woven into bone coloured ground, bordered in a rich red. 100 x 60 cm, 100 x 70 cm
A room size Ziegler rug, cream, yellow, red & blue foliate design, note: Ziegler rugs are woven in traditional Persian designs, power loomed with high quality detail, condition: Recently cleaned, 430 x 307 cm
Dilana rugs contemporary runner rug designed by Michael Reed, untitled Siapo design, hand tufted, labelled on reverse, W/P edition (working proof?). 386 cm x 83 cm.
A Persian wool tribal runner, a fine quality runner from north Western Persia of geometric design with a central border of hooked medallions in russet and muted pink tones upon a cream field, scattered with stylised birds, animals and other motifs, enclose
The following 23 lots of rugs and carpets are from the estate of Dr Donald Stenhouse (1936 - 2018) who pursued an interest in collecting hand woven tribal flat-weaves and hand-knotted carpets of Central Asia., A Turkish Shirvan rug, hand knotted wool pile,
A pair of north West Persian small rugs, late 19th century, decorated with a complex design of foliage and flowers against a deep blue ground, within a white ground border of scrolling flowers, each approximately 76 cm x 57 cm
Two Afghan war rugs, 'Baluch', 20th century, wool, each depicting guns, tanks and helicopters (2), 100 x 58 cm. Provenance: The collection of ray Hughes, Sydney, gallery Hota home of the Arts, gold Coast, QLD
A central Persian Sultanabad carpet, late 19th century, a particularly beautiful example with an unusual golden yellow ground, displaying a central design of floral sprays in vases, with tonal 'Abrash' changes in the blue corner spandrels, 188 cm long, 120
A Shirvan Marasali prayer rug, Azerbaijan, 19th century, a fine example with repeated 'Boteh' paisley motif on a blue ground, with spandrels above the 'Mihra' or prayer arch containing designs imitating combs and scissors, 150 cm long, 125 cm wide. Provena
Brendan Hartwell, five original designs for Feltex ‘Riccarton’ series souvenir floor rugs, gouache on six sections of gridded card (William Allen & Co. Design paper manufacturers, Nottingham) with extensive production related annotations and numbered colou
YALAMEH - Genuine hand knotted Persian carpet, handmade (the town of Yalameh lies slightly north of the city of Isfahan in central Iran. Yalameh is well known for its top-quality tribal rugs with diamond geometric designs) - 198 x 113 cm
Three Chinese wool rugs, of rectangular shape, woven in shades of blue and cream, with traditional Chinese motifs (3), approx. 413 x 147 cm. Provenance: Grace family, Villa Igiea, Vaucluse
A near pair of Persian rugs, circa 1920s. in mellow tones of sky blue, rose pink, with touches of emerald, aqua, mustard and purple and profusely decorated throughout with myriad stylised flowers upon a barley toned ground and similarly bordered with conti
A Victorian silver plate and crystal camel epergne, later 19th century with maker's mark, a desk bell for James Deakin & Sons, Sheffield, with a knopped stem embellished with scrolled brackets and papyrus motifs draped with chains to a triangular base with
A pair of Kashan rugs, Northern Central Iran, each profusely decorated with flowers and foliage with connecting vines, an urn and corner spandrels, trailing foliate borders, in blues, reds, rose, greens and ivory, (2), 210 x 125 cm each approximately