Sultanabad/Ziegler Square Wool Carpet Pink or vintage mid-century modern accouterments

or vintage mid-century modern accouterments

the early rugs were mainly utilitarian

bold geometric shapes or smaller

Having been introduced to the English in the late 1500s

Sultanabad/Ziegler Square Wool Carpet Pink or vintage mid-century modern accoutermentsThe city of Sultanabad (now known as Arak) in Iran Persia, became a major rug production center in the second half of the 19th century as the result of efforts by Ziegler & Co., a British Swiss manufacturer who modified traditional Persian carpet designs to satisfy European tastes. Colors were softened to appeal to American and European tastes (rose red being the most popular), patterns were bigger, and the rugs were made larger to accommodate room