Description
An enormous and remarkable antique Ziegler carpet, beautifully drawn with a large scale floral and leaf design and connecting vines and leaves, in an elegant richly coloured palette. With deep blues, that change to darker blues in the main background, using madder red and gold dyes for the border. Combined with olives greens, sage greens, pale blues, and natural of white tones. The whole composition works remarkably, as we would expect coming from the coveted Ziegler & Co workshop.
This antique carpet has had some preservation restoration work completed to an incredibly high standard, and now being offered to use for another 100 years. Ideal for a large drawing room, dining room or magnificent entrance hall. This would add immense character and beauty.
Available to be privately viewed at home, by requesting a home visit, you can choose a convenient day and time for us to bring this carpet to you. We travel nationwide showing our carpets to private customers and interior designers, it would be a pleasure to help you soon. Alternatively arrange a visit to our barn showroom, we are open Monday to Saturday by appointment only.
The history of Ziegler carpets: In 1883, Ziegler and Co, of Manchester, England established a Persian carpet manufacture in Sultanabad Persia, which employed designers from major western department stores such as B. Altman & Co of New York and Liberty, to modify 16th- and 17th-century Eastern designs for the more restrained western taste. Using highly developed dying techniques, and the best artisans from the region, the Ziegler Co created rugs with beautiful, all-over patterns and with softer palettes than their vibrant Persian counterparts.
Ziegler & Co employed designers from major western department stores such as A B. Altman & Co of New York and Liberty, to modify 16th- and 17th-century Eastern designs for the more restrained western taste. Using highly developed dying techniques, and the best artisans from the region, the Ziegler Co created rugs with decorative all-over patterns and with softer palettes than their vibrant Persian counterparts. Taking the small intricate patterns of finer Persian carpets and enlarging the floral motifs to use on these Ziegler’s. Their following and popularity with the best interior designers throughout the world has seen them stay at the top of the industry since they were produced.
