Featured Strange hunting scene rug

I cannot find this type of rug online. Anybody know age, origin, value etc. please asap. I'm going to swap meet tomorrow and there are a few rug buyers that come from Los Angeles, Palm Springs etc. I don't want to get ripped off.

Thank You

Billy D.

 

Interesting rug. Too bad about the damage and unraveling.

The design is very similar to those in Mughal hunting paintings (often misidentified as Hindu Indian, but actually Persian.) Let me check to see if that spelling is correct.

It is correct.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire

 

Very nice find, do you know about how old it is ?

 

Sorry, that I do not know.

 

BUT, give it a bit, Billy, others should be along......love the pattern/design in your rug!!!

@Any Jewelry ??

 

I would recommend you hold on to this until you know more, if you are concerned about selling it too cheap.

 

Not a rug I'm familiar with...but Mughal Hunting Rug...hand made....maybe silk???
I dunno...but the back looks very well defined.....& the hunting scene is a very old design for these rugs....
so....I'm with 2MB.....hold it ...for now.

 

https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/r...abriz-persian-rug-hunting-scene/id-f_8870583/

 

That looks good......so wool then....
I'll add that Billys is smaller & to my mind earlier than 1960.....

 

Gorgeous, Billy. 2many nailed it, a classic Tabriz hunting rug.
When you find a rug with many people on it, and every little scene tells a story, there is a good chance it is Tabriz.
The Tabriz area also produces other types of rugs, mostly floral, but always very detailed. Some rugs are inspired by Persian poetry. The many scenes on the rug convey the story and message of the poem.

That is right, Tabriz rugs are often inspired by the painted miniatures from Persian books.
The style was also introduced in Indo-Persian or Mughal India, which included present-day Pakistan, and in other Persian influenced regions like Afghanistan.
Persian influenced hunting rugs are still made in Kashmir, NW India, and in Afghanistan. Maybe elsewhere as well, but I only know of these two.
The depictions on the rugs from these regions tend to have slightly more refinement. Another difference is the dress. Indo-Persian men generally wore longer coats than Persian men. If you find women in pictures, the Indo-Persian woman's dress was close to northern Indian dress, whereas Persian women wore a more Middle Eastern type dress.

I agree, it looks earlier. But there is also a little damage, which influences the value.

 

I agree, kicked myself for not knowing enough before selling.

 

Billy, I know you are not interested in repairing the rug. It is intensive and time consuming. I have repaired many oriental rugs and the charges are based on a per inch. Finding the proper materials can be a challenge especially for silk rugs.

Lightly brush it and offer as is. If someone loves it, they will get it repaired.
Patd

 

So, Billy -- what happened? Did you take it to the swap meet, or not? If you did take it, how did it go?

 

No I didn’t take

 

Thanks for the update. Sounds like you were wise not to take it.

 

Your welcome, yes Thanks to this site and it's members who told me to hold onto it.

 

Okay Pat, will do. Thank You

 

What a bummer, I have done the same in the past and sometimes still