Antique Persian Sultanabad Carpet Red Semi-Geometric, Circa 1890

A late 19th-century Persian Sultanabad carpet woven around 1890, measuring approximately 365.9 × 487.9 cm (about 12'6" × 16'10"). The composition is a confident geometric design on a saturated madder red ground, framed by a teal blue border — the kind of strong, balanced color contrast that has made Sultanabads a benchmark in antique Persian decorative weaving. Sultanabad was an organized weaving region in west-central Persia in the late 19th century, producing large hand-knotted wool carpets at a scale and quality that put them in continuous demand for European and American interiors. Carpets of this period are now well over a century old, and pieces of this size and condition are increasingly hard to source on the market. Hand-knotted wool. Authentic one-of-a-kind antique.