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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 4405827, member: 6444&quot;]Oriental rugs are named by the region where their design was first found, with construction technique also important. Yours is a Ferahan design from Iran. Ferahan is close to Hamadan Iran, and shares construction with that region, so sometimes called a Hamadan rug as well. Size of yours is a standard mossul size.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once traders started having rugs made for sale in the West, and this started in the mid 19th century, that put pressure on rug makers to change designs to make what was salable. And ultimately led to the crazy situation we are in now where a traditional Ferahan design like this can be made in all parts of the world, including China and Afghanistan. But construction and age of yours looks to be from early 20th century, artificial dyes, made in Ferahan or close by.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oriental rug values have taken a real bath in the US, similar to brown furniture. Have you noticed how many of your local oriental rug stores have gone out of business? Two in my town are gone, leaving none. And the largest and oldest in my region, Arthur Gregorian, who wrote books on rugs, closed a few years ago. Which is why value of one like yours, especially with all the wear and damage it shows, is not going to be much. Maybe a couple hundred? Though an appraisal for replacement cost will of course be much more.</p><p><br /></p><p>But keep it on your floor and use it (or on the wall which is where it looks to be now), that is the best way to appreciate its obvious beauty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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