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Silk rugs
6x9
Inherited
Yes
Hello, this item is a silk rug measuring approximately 6 by 9 feet, featuring a classical Persian inspired floral medallion design with a dark blue field, cream and blush tones, and finely articulated scrolling vines and blossoms. Based on the design vocabulary, color harmony, and sheen visible in the pile, this rug is consistent with a late twentieth century silk or silk rich rug, most likely produced in China for the export market in a Persian style rather than being an older Iranian workshop piece. The knotting appears fine and regular, and the borders and corner spandrels follow well established classical models. Condition shows visible creasing from folding and handling, as seen in the laid out images, but no evident structural damage such as major pile loss or tearing, which is typical for inherited rugs stored rather than continuously used.
From a market standpoint, silk rugs of this size made in China in a Persian style are valued primarily for decorative appeal rather than rarity. Comparable examples measuring around 6 by 9 feet typically achieve auction results in the range of USD 800 to USD 1,800 depending on exact silk content, knot density, and condition. Given the visible wear from folding and the absence of clear workshop attribution, a realistic fair market auction estimate for this rug would be USD 900 to USD 1,400.
Hello,
Thank you for the added context, it is helpful. Stamps on the back are common on late 20th century and modern silk or silk rich rugs. They often identify an exporter, a wholesaler, a retailer, or a “style name” used for sales, rather than proving an older workshop origin. To be totally honest with you, Google Lens can also misread scripts, Ottoman Turkish used Arabic script historically, and modern Turkish uses Latin letters, so the translation can label in several different scripts as “Turkish.” Packaging and military shipping history can explain how the rugs traveled, and it is useful to determine traceability, but it does not, by itself, confirm where they were woven.
Yes, clear stamp photos could matter if the stamp is specific and verifiable, for example a workshop name, a city of production, “Made in” information, or a quality specification that matches the weave. If you can upload sharp close ups of each stamp straight on, plus one wider photo showing where the stamp sits on the back, I can refine the origin assessment and confirm whether it affects the value range.
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First of all I'd like to thank you for the appraisal I also want to say that there were several of these rugs and they were all packaged and there was stamps on the back of a few of them that were in a strange language and when I took the Google lens picture of it it said that it was in Turkish writing. If I can find a stamp picture on one or two of the other ones I don't know how many of them have it would it matter they were all packaged very similarly in the same plastic and they were shipped into RSW and he was a military man who did Time in the Afghanistan region