Hello, we've just been given two carpets and are curious to know their origins and approximate age. I've included a photo of the tag on the backside of one of the carpets with the date 85, which I assume to mean 1885. Both carpets are large, the biggest (the more colorful one) being almost 14ft long and about 10ft wide. I've also include a few close ups of front and back.

I have no expertise in carpets whatsoever and just appreciate beautiful artwork such I see in these two weavings. Sadly, they have a number of repairs and are a bit worn, but we like them anyway.

Any help would be appreciated and regards from France.

jumpinjimmy


ps. I've tried clicking on the add photos icon and also clicked the attach files to this post box, but nothing happens so don't know if these pictures will be posted or not.

Thank you. Since reading your posting, I have read up a little on Farahans and they seem quite rare, although, I would have expected a finer weave than what I see on ours. As I said earlier, these are in pretty poor condition having been repaired a half dozen times, so I can only imagine they have very little commercial value, but they are very pretty just the same.

Any ideas on the second rug?

in poor condition the rugs have little value other than decorative. the other carpet is a tekke style design, although the rug was probably made in about 60 years ago as a bokhara, perhaps from Russia even afghanistan

The first one seems to be a Persian Mahal from the 1930s. If in nice condition I would appraise at $3500. The second one seems like an Afghanistan Bokhara from 1960s and if nice condition I would appraise at $2000.


-Bob

Feraghan- could be mahal, but they're all somewhat close. Old piece, hard to find size. These carpets were meant to be used, and most in the dozar size and smaller do not survive the years. Do you have these photos:

http://www.rugrag.com/po...nd-Oriental-Carpets.aspx

As per the link, I'm attaching a few detailed photos of this carpet. The fringe has a stitched protection strip on the back and it was difficult to get a good shot, but here they are. I also included a shot of the pile and a worn spot. Opinions are welcome.

It's 11.5 feet x 8 feet. Do you have an idea on the age? The photo of the dealer tag shows the date as "85" . I also have a similar rug that's a runner but quite long, around 12 feet x 3 feet that has a lot a of greens, blues and pinks. Very pretty but in similar condition. I can post pictures.

I contacted several of the professional contributors to this forum via PM and asked them to look at my photos and one of them contacted me directly via email rather than passing through the forum. I'm hesitant to name publicly on this forum, so PM me for that info. I will say that their assessment was brief.

I'm pretty sure the rug wasn't purchased in 1995 as it's been in France longer than that and this rug was originally purchased in the UK. The writing on the tag looks to have been made with a fountain pen.

No strong odors or rot that I can find on any of the four rugs that I received. The reddish rug in the first batch of photos is of a similar size around 11.5x8 feet.. The runner is ridiculously long, Too big for our house.