The great artisans that wove these antique carpets were masters at depicting small details that required great accuracy. The exotic animals were not always represented in nature but inspired by books and the imagination of the artists. For example, this Turkish Oushak rug features the mythical dragon and griffin entangled in a never-ending battle. This Tibetan rug also portrays the dragon motif, but in a more traditional Eastern Oriental format. Animals aren’t always so ferocious though as is exemplified in the passivity of the birds and fish in this tranquil Amritsar rug from India.
Major Rug Producing Regions that Use Animal Motifs: Turkey, Persia, China, India, Caucasus, Morocco
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70 Rugs Found in Animal Motifs
Produced for an official with a third rank title, this civilian rank badge includes a gold ground and great deal of gilded embroidery along with exquisite celadon-green accents.
Enhanced with painted feathers and gilded scrollwork, this rank badge is an exceptional example of a Kossu tapestry badge produced for a ninth rank civilian official.
This rank badge depicts a right-facing tiger in a traditional composition with an earthy color palette that includes brown, orange and indigo blue.
Woven with an all-over cloud pattern and brilliant accents in red and golden-yellow, this Chinese rank badge depicts a golden pheasant embroidered for a high-ranking civilian.
This lovely fragment of a classical Spanish Alcaraz carpet displays a lovely acanthus vinescroll pattern in a classicizing Renaissance style
This beautiful English tapestry design is the epitome of elegance.
This elegant antique textile
depicts a Venetian cityscape in the manner of painters like Canaletto.
This charming Tibetan rug has two central pinyin wans flanked by opposing dragons.
Woven in the early 20th century, this antique American hooked rug features a charming juxtaposed horse-head pattern framed by a series of simple ecru borders.
This pictorial carpet from Esfahan features a pictorial scene depicting everyday life in Persia.
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