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Sultanabad Rugs

Antique Sultanabad rugs are among the most desirable Persian antique rugs to be produced in the late 19th and early 20th century. Characterized by their subtle color palettes and trellis designs, antique Sultanabads are frequently the choice of designers in search of allover rugs to serve as a more subtle compliment to a design scheme.

History of Sultanabad rugs

The appeal of Sultanabads to Western eyes is not the result of random chance. In 1883, Ziegler and Co. of Manchester, England, an Anglo-Swiss manufacturer, importer, and distributor of Persian carpets, established a Persian carpet workshop in Sultanabad, Persia, an area now known as Arak. Intending to export to Europe and the United States of America, Ziegler & Co. employed designers from major Western department stores, such as B. Altman & Co. of New York and Liberty of London, to adapt traditional sixteenth and seventeenth century Safavid designs by making the designs larger in keeping with the style of the early Arts & Crafts movement and made the rugs themselves larger to fit Western-sized rooms. For the more restrained Western taste, traditional designs were recolored to be more subtle and obliging. Traditional local dying techniques were improved and brought up to the standards of the latest methods of the time, creating new possibilities of color and tonality.
 
With bold, allover patterns and softer palettes than their vibrant Persian counterparts, antique Persian Sultanabad rugs and carpets attracted an immediate following leading to high demand for Oriental carpets from the Sultanabad district. Appealing to everyone from aristocrats to the newly-moneyed industrialists who sought to emulate them, a large number of oriental rugs were exported from Persia to both Europe and the United States up until the early twentieth century.

Sultanabad rug design
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Sultanabads are similar in design to Heriz and Serapi rugs which is reflected in their magnificent graphic character. Yet within this similarity, the line work of the Sultanabads are always less curvilinear and classical than the Heriz and Serapis.
 
As with many other Persian rugs, Sultanabads feature all-over designs of palmettes and vinescrolls, but they use a larger, more supple weave, and the designs in a Sultanabad tend to be larger as well. Antique Sultanabad rugs are still regarded as the most appealing to European and American tastes. To this day, the term Sultanabad or Ziegler rug denotes an outstanding antique Mahal rug or carpet from the late nineteenth century.
 
 ​If you're feeling inspired, here are several Antique Persian Sultanabad & Mahal rugs we have in stock!
Mahal Rugs

SULTANABAD / MAHAL RUGS

4734 13 1163 P. SULTANABAD 12'0” x 17’10”
$22,000.00
$22,000.00
1028 Antique Zigler Sultanabad 4' x 10'3"
$17,800.00
$17,800.00
1045 031608 Antique Sultanabad Rug 4'6" x 6'5"
$8,500.00
$8,500.00
1054 051308 Antique Sultanabad 10'5" x 13'5"
$46,600.00
$46,600.00
1055 Antique Sultanabad rug 9' x 12'
$21,800.00
$21,800.00
4162 114 Antique Sultanabad Rug 6'8" x 10'3"
$21,500.00
$21,500.00
4513 Sultanabad 10'5" x 13'1"
$18,500.00
$18,500.00
4991 242 2319 T. Sultanabad 10'5" x 10'9"
$16,800.00
$16,800.00
5010 175 T. Sultanabad 11'1" x 14'8".
$32,500.00
$32,500.00
4865 5118 353 Antique Sultanabad Rug 10'10" x 17'7"
$39,800.00
$39,800.00
5018 2235 275 Antique Sultanabad Rug 10'1" x 13'7"
$45,900.00
$45,900.00
4072 Antique Sultanabad Runner circa 1900 3'3" x 16'
$12,800.00
$12,800.00
19003 5007 LA 38 Antique Sultanabad Rug circa 1890 12'4 x 18'7 AW
$54,600.00
$54,600.00

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5092 Antique Sultanabad Rug 10'8" x 16'10"
$44,800.00
$44,800.00
19063 5023 LA 106 Antique Sultanabad Rug 14’0 x 24’0
$127,800.00
$127,800.00
19062 5024 LA 155 Antique Sultanabad Rug 8’4 x 9’11
$53,800.00
$53,800.00
19061 5020 LA395 Antique Sultanabad Runner 3’6 x 11’3
$11,500.00
$11,500.00
4529 98 Antique Ivory Sultanabad Rug 8'11'' x 12'7'
$58,800.00
$58,800.00
4528 106 Antique Sultanabad Rug 9'1'' x 10'11''
$37,800.00
$37,800.00
4571 230 E. Sultanabad Style Rug- 10' x 15'8''
$4,500.00
$4,500.00
4034 K1045 Antique Mahal rug 4'6" x 6'5"
$5,800.00
$5,800.00
563-3 Antique Distressed Sultanabad Rug 8’7” x 12’
$20,600.00
$20,600.00
2068 Antique Sultanabad Rug 8'10 x 9'9
$19,800.00
$19,800.00
2080 011508 Antique Sultanabad Rug 7.3 x 10.2
$17,600.00
$17,600.00
4339 Antique Sultanabad runner 3'4" x 16'4"
$13,600.00
$13,600.00
20938 LA 50 Antique Sultanabad Mahal 8'11 x 11'7
$36,800.00
$36,800.00
5011 196 060411 Antique Ziegler Sultanabad Rug, 8' x 12' 11"
$23,400.00
$23,400.00
19095 5293 LA 93 120219 Antique Sultanabad rug 4' x 6'
$2,800.00
$2,800.00
5293 93 120219 Antique Sultanabad Rug 4'4" x 6'8"
$7,200.00
$7,200.00
4992 146 110312 Antique Sultanabad Rug 18' x 22'
$128,800.00
$128,800.00
5320 Antique Sultanabad rug 4' x 6'5"
$6,800.00
$6,800.00
20958 LA 008 Antique Sultanabad 11'9 x 20'8
$97,500.00
$97,500.00
21244 LA 283 Mahal Rug Circa 1900 7'3 x 11'9
$24,800.00
$24,800.00
21139 LA 9152 ANTIQUE PERSIAN SULTANABAD RUG 6'8 x 10'7
$28,800.00
$28,800.00
V-030725 D GS-7005 2' X 3'
$0.00
$0.00
V-032327 D GS-7017 2' X 3'
$0.00
$0.00
V-035936 D GS-7010 2' X 3'
$0.00
$0.00
A2641 Multy 2' x 3' RK:2168/1,2,3
$0.00
$0.00
A2643 Multy 2' x 3' PO#3835 RK:2172/1,2,3
$0.00
$0.00
22313 Antique Mahal rug 4'1" x 6'3"
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
22597 Antique Sultanabad runner 3'3" x 11'9"
$10,200.00
$10,200.00
22613 Antique Mahal 5'2" x 9'10"
$12,800.00
$12,800.00
22622 Antique Mahal 4'2" x 6'7"
$6,800.00
$6,800.00
22627 Antique Mahal 4'4" x 6'6"
$6,800.00
$6,800.00
22638 Vintage Mahal 6'3" x 9'8"
$13,800.00
$13,800.00
22310 Antique Mahal rug 3'3" x 11'2"
$9,600.00
$9,600.00
22309 Antique Mahal rug 3'3" x 11'4" Hovik
$9,600.00
$9,600.00

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22300 Antique Mahal 4'2" x 6'5"
$7,400.00
$7,400.00
22264 Antique Mahal rug 4'8" x 9'8".
$11,600.00
$11,600.00
22255 Antique Mahal Rug 9'7" x 12'5"
$30,800.00
$30,800.00
22254 Antique Mahal Rug 6'5" x 16'6"
$27,800.00
$27,800.00
22253 Antique Mahal Rug 10'5" x 13'7"
$37,200.00
$37,200.00
22250 Antique Mahal rug 9'6" x 12'8"
$32,800.00
$32,800.00
22249 Antique Sultanabad rug 10'3" x 12'
$31,900.00
$31,900.00
22248 Antique Sultanabad rug 10'1" x 12'3"
$32,800.00
$32,800.00
22246 Antique Mahal rug 6'10" x 10'
$17,800.00
$17,800.00
22244 Antique Sultanabad rug 10' x 13'4"
$34,800.00
$34,800.00
22242 Antique Mahal Rug 9'6" x 13'8"
$33,800.00
$33,800.00
22241 Antique Mahal rug 9'9" x 15'9".
$40,400.00
$40,400.00
22239 Antique Mahal rug 7' x 9'10"
$17,800.00
$17,800.00
22231 Antique Mahal Rug 10'4" x 13'3"
$36,400.00
$36,400.00
22229 Antique Mahal rug 6'2" x 9'4"
$15,400.00
$15,400.00
22228 Antique Mahal Rug 7'7" x 11'2"
$19,900.00
$19,900.00
22226 Antique Mahal rug 8'4" x 9'6"
$20,600.00
$20,600.00
22225 Antique Mahal rug 10'4" x 14'
$37,600.00
$37,600.00
22217 Antique Mahal rug 8'2" x 9'10"
$20,800.00
$20,800.00
22214 Antique Mahal rug 10'2" x 13'4"
$35,400.00
$35,400.00
22211 Antique Mahal rug 9'8" x 12'10"
$32,600.00
$32,600.00
22201 Antique Mahal rug 3' x 4'10"
$3,600.00
$3,600.00
22196 Antique Mahal rug 3'5" x 10'1"
$8,900.00
$8,900.00
22194 Antique Mahal rug 5' x 9'10"
$11,800.00
$11,800.00
22186 Antique Mahal rug 7'9" x 10'4"
$20,800.00
$20,800.00
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