South American

Aubusson

An open ivory field is scattered with small, evenly spaced floral sprigs in soft pink, yellow, and blue, arranged in a loose grid across the ground. A slender beaded and ribbon-scroll inner band frames the field, followed by a wider border of undulating blue ribbon interlaced with garlands of pink roses, white blossoms, and green foliage. The corners repeat the border's rose-and-ribbon motif in a soft, muted palette dominated by cream, powder blue, and dusty rose.

Aubusson

A dark brown-black ground is scattered with small gold rosettes and dots, gathered around a central ivory medallion encircled by a laurel wreath in ochre tones. Within that wreath, a radiating cluster of pink and mauve blossoms surrounds a small orange-centered flower. The wide border carries an undulating vine of acanthus-like leaves in rust, gold, and olive against a muted olive-brown ground, framed by narrow ivory and gold guard stripes.

Aubusson

An overall floral scatter of small pink, white, and pale blue blossoms with leafy green and olive foliage covers the field in tones of straw and honey. Slender tan bands divide the central field into three vertical panels, echoing the concentric framing lines that repeat the same sprigged pattern before reaching an outer border of solid brick red.

Aubusson

A dense field of overlapping palmettes, serrated leaves, and small rosettes fills the dark ground almost edge to edge, worked in crimson, blush pink, olive, mustard, and cream. A pale animal figure, rendered in soft peach and cream tones, emerges near the lower center among the massed blossoms. The ivory border carries a looser scattering of the same floral vocabulary framed by a slim coral outer band.

Aubusson

An open golden ground is scattered with small floral sprays arranged in loose diagonal rows, each cluster combining blue, dusty rose, cream, and pale yellow blossoms with dark grey-green leaves. A larger, denser bouquet occupies the center, slightly disrupting the otherwise regular spacing of the smaller sprays. A plain narrow border in a warmer tan tone frames the field on all sides.

Mohair Carpet

The field is organized into vertical bands crossed by rows of triangular segments that alternate direction to form a chevron-like zigzag running the length of the piece. Colors are rust orange, pale gray, ivory, and taupe, arranged in flat-woven blocks with no surrounding border, the design running edge to edge and finishing in loose ivory fringe at both ends.

African Wool

Pure Wool Weave

The surface is left entirely plain, an open field without border or ornament, built from ridged horizontal rows of thick, nubby loops. Cream-toned rows alternate with narrower bands of charcoal that surface intermittently, creating a soft, irregular striping across the ground. A circular inset at lower right magnifies the texture, showing the rounded, knot-like bumps that give the whole an even, tactile grain.

African Wool

Pure Wool Weave

A close detail view of the surface shows a coarse, nubby texture built up in horizontal bands of thick, rounded knots. The ground is a warm undyed tan, interrupted by narrow stripes of rust orange, deep brown, black, and brick red that run across the width in irregular, uneven widths. An inset magnification highlights the individual knotted bumps and the way the colored stripes sit slightly raised against the plain field, with fine pale threads visible running between the rows.

African Wool

Pure Wool Weave

The field is left entirely open, given over to a dense, looped surface of undyed tones ranging from pale silver-grey to warm taupe. Small flecks of darker charcoal and occasional strands of a lighter, honey-colored fiber break the otherwise uniform texture, appearing almost randomly across the expanse. A detail inset in the lower right highlights the rounded, nubby character of the individual tufts, where the mix of grey and tan fibers is most apparent at close range.

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