Most Expensive Persian Rug

The world’s most expensive rug may be silk, Persian and four or five hundred years old, but does it really tie the room together? One anonymous buyer seems to think so.

Sold by Christie’s for $4.45 million, the 16th or 17th century Persian rug measures 7’ 5” by 5’ 7”. It was previously owned by Doris Duke, a tobacco heiress who purchased it in 1990 and left it to the Newport Restoration Foundation when she died. Its record selling price amounts to over $700 per square inch.

Prior to this, the most expensive rug was a Chelaberd Kazak rug sold at Freeman’s in Readubg, PA for only $341,625.

Just make sure to wipe your feet before walking on my most expensive rug, m’kay?

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