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World's Most Expensive Persian Rug
The $4.5 million 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. At antique rugs los angeles you will find a wide variety of rugs to please all the taste.

According to Carpet To Go, it was 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.

The most expensive rug’s record may soon be beaten, however, by the storied Pearl Carpet of Baroda. Commissioned in the 18th century by Khanda Rao Gaekwad, Maharaja of Baroda, the rug is similar to one that decorates the Taj Mahal. Featuring around two million naturally seeded pearls, the rug is embossed with gold set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds. It features three stunning rosettas made of diamonds and silvered gold.

Carpets are very delicate and in order to keep them clean and free of odors, the best you can do is hire regularly the services of carpet cleaning dublin to male sure that they will last longer. Then if you need a very large rug then there are also some great options for those.

Due to the untimely death of the Maharaja, the rug was never delivered to the destination he had intended for it. Instead of gracing the tomb of the prophet Mohammed, the rug stayed with the Maharaja’s family since its completion.


Now it may fetch a sum as princely as its pedigree at a Sotheby’s auction in their new office in Doha, Qatar. The expected hammer value for this most expensive rug is $14.5 million. Although, you can find an elegant
“Abstract rug” on this website to inspire your space.

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

World's Most Expensive Rug - The Pearl Carpet of Baroda
The Pearl Carpet of Baroda

9 replies on “Most Expensive Rug”

  1. Most Expensive Persian Rug, Christies, Christie,
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    […] MostExpensive/Deluxe  […]

  2. Mohsen M. Nejad
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    The addresses below shows all the facts. So investors should remember how to identify natural silk from artificial ones, contact us

    http://christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID

    http://christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=1480030&sid=0dbd6983-5b40-46f4-a445-5c8c61af933f

  3. Boston Galleries, Inc.
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    This rug had been sold at Southeby’s in 1990 for $500,000.00. I beleive this trend will continue for the years a head.
    http://christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5077302&sid=f249f287-3674-4378-b375-8831cb00c3fa

  4. Boston Galleries, Inc.
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    Natural silk comes from caterpillar cocoon, it is a very strong material parachtes were made from it before nylon was developed. When burnt smells like burning hair and leaves crispy ball.
    Artificial silk is an other name for mercerized cotton or rayon. When burnt smells like paper with no residual.
    Silk rugs have been my strngth.

  5. Rugs
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    Awesome, we did a post on both these a while back

  6. anecia fagan
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    an lest dat rug can cover ma flor and wall.

  7. lauren
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    I thought they would be cute or pretty. But there just ugley

  8. jason
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    it may be ugly but it may be more than 500 years old j

  9. elizabeth
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    cool rug wish i could buy it but i dont have the money