Runners

Lonely hallways make for lonely homes. That is where runners come into play.

Runner carpets, being narrow and long, are carpets well-suited for hallways and corridors alike. Runners play a vital role in adding depth, warmth, and character to otherwise unassuming passages from one room to another.

Many nomadic tribes specialized in weaving runners as the narrow nature of the carpets meant material and tools to produce them were cheaper to procure and looms on which they were woven were small enough to carry from one region to another.

Chiloian Gallery’s wide collection of runners come in numerous forms and sizes with the most crucial ones being those from the Caucasus or tribal Northwest Persia.

2199- Kirshehir Runner

Origin: Central Anatolia

Approx. age: 2nd quarter of 20th century

Size: 111 x 400 cm (3’8” x 13’1”)

2221- Shahsavan Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 114 x 391 cm (3’9” x 12’10”)

2225- Shirvan Lezghi Rug

Origin: East Caucasus

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 100 x 275 cm (3’4” x 9’0”)

2253- Kurdish Runner

Origin: Kurdistan

Approx. age: Dated 1918/1919

Size: 126 x 342 cm (4’2” x 11’3”)

2401- Kurdish Kazak Rug

Origin: Kurdistan

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 110 x 334 cm (3’7” x 10’11”)

2420- Gendje Runner

Origin: East Caucasus

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 105 x 318 cm (3’5” x 10’5”)

2421- Karabagh Runner

Origin: South Caucasus

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 97 x 623 cm (3’2” x 20’5”)

2437- Kurdish Bidjar Rug

Origin: Kurdistan

Approx. age: 2nd quarter of 20th century

Size: 112 x 278 cm (3’8” x 9’1”)

2494- Kurdish Kazak Runner

Origin: Kurdistan

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 127 x 376 cm (4’2” x 12’4”)

2599- Karabagh Runner

Origin: South Caucasus

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 115 x 440 cm (3’9” x 14’5”)

2603- Bidjar Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 105 x 515 cm (3’5” x 16’11”)

2624- Karabagh Runner

Origin: South Caucasus

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 121 x 350 cm (4’0” x 11’6”)

2773- Shirvan Runner

Origin: East Caucasus

Approx. age: 2nd quarter of 20th century

Size: 100 x 393 cm (3'4" x 12'11")

2835- Karabagh Runner

Origin: South Caucasus

Approx. age: 2nd quarter of 20th century

Size: 112 x 394 cm (3’8” x 12’11”)

2904- Karabagh Arevakork Runner

Origin: South Caucasus

Approx. age: 4th quarter of 19th century

Size: 109 x 266 cm (3’7” x 8’9”)

2907- Shirvan Runner

Origin: East Caucasus

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 137 x 425 cm (4’6” x 13’11”)

2998- Qashqai Runner

Origin: Southwest Persia

Approx. age: 4th quarter of 19th century

Size: 111 x 340 cm (3’8” x 11’2”)

3019- Kurdish Runner

Origin: Kurdistan

Approx. age: 2nd quarter of 20th century

Size: 133 x 433 cm (4’4” x 14’2”)

3021- Sarab Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 120 x 423 cm (3’11” x 13’11”)

3023- Sarab Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 4th quarter of 19th century

Size: 115 x 284 cm (3’9” x 9’4”)

3027- Karabagh Runner

Origin: South Caucasus

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 120 x 445 cm (3’11” x 14’7”)

3046- Karagashli “Fork-leaf” Kuba Runner

Origin: East Caucasus

Approx. age: 4th quarter of 19th century

Size: 109 x 375 cm (3’7” x 12’4”)

3075- Gendje Runner

Origin: West Caucasus

Approx. age: 4th quarter of 19th century

Size: 105 x 320 cm (3’5” x 10’6”)

3076- Karagashli “Fork-leaf” Kuba Runner

Origin: East Caucasus

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 117 x 330 cm (3’10” x 10’10”)

4012- Gendje Runner

Origin: East Caucasus

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 110 x 275 cm (3’7” x 9’0”)

4044- Sarab Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 4th quarter of 19th century

Size: 133 x 595 cm (4’4” x 19’6”)

4048- Northwest Persian Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 105 x 380 cm (3’5” x 12’6”)

4051- Shahsavan Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 3rd quarter of 19th century

Size: 124 x 415 cm (4’1” x 13’7”)

4059- Kurdish Bidjar Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 2nd quarter of 20th century

Size: 94 x 381 cm (3’1” x 12’6”)

4091- Ferahan Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 2nd quarter of 20th century

Size: 105 x 490 cm (3’5” x 16’1”)

4098 (b)- Shahsavan Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 4th quarter of 19th century

Size: 115 x 350 cm (3’9” x 11’6”)

4108 (b)- Sarab Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 110 x 540 cm (3’7” x 17’9”)

4136- Kuba Runner

Origin: East Caucasus

Approx. age: 4th quarter of 19th century

Size: 98 x 350 cm (3’3” x 11’6”)

4141- Shahsavan Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 100 x 262 cm (3’4” x 8’7”)

4142- Kuba Runner

Origin: East Caucasus

Approx. age: 4th quarter of 19th century

Size: 88 x 278 cm (2’11” x 9’1”)

4145- Hamadan Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 96 x 341 cm (3’2” x 11’2”)

4150- Bakhtiar Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 140 x 615 cm (4’7” x 20’2”)

4151- Karabagh Runner

Origin: South Caucasus

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 100 x 404 cm (3’4” x 13’3”)

4207- Bakhtiar Runner

Origin: Southwest Persia

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 120 x 615 cm (3’11” x 20’2”)

4232- Karabagh Runner

Origin: South Caucasus

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 100 x 530 cm (3’4” x 17’5”)

4240- Bidjar Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: Dated 1903

Size: 103 x 510 cm (3’5” x 16’9”)

4282- Kurdish Kazak Runner

Origin: Kurdistan

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 114 x 410 cm (3’9” x 13’5”)

4306- Bidjar Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 110 x 512 cm (3’7” x 16’10”)

4315- Bidjar Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 130 x 285 cm (4’3” x 9’4”)

4377- Kurdish Shirvan Runner

Origin: Kurdistan

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 123 x 425 cm (4’0” x 13’11”)

4920- Bakhtiar Runner

Origin: Southwest Persia

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 116 x 389 cm (3’10” x 12’9”)

4942- Bidjar Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 2nd quarter of 20th century

Size: 114 x 314 cm (3’9” x 10’4”)

4943- Sarab Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 4th quarter of 19th century

Size: 108 x 510 cm (3’7” x 16’9”)

4946 (a)- Shahsavan Runner

Origin: Northwest Persia

Approx. age: 4th quarter of 19th century

Size: 100 x 288 cm (3’4” x 9’5”)

4950- Moghan Runner

Origin: West Caucasus

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 125 x 350 cm (4’1” x 11’6”)

4952- Kazak Moghan Runner

Origin: West Caucasus

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 104 x 322 cm (3’5” x 10’7”)

4954- Talish Runner

Origin: East Caucasus

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 100 x 330 cm (3’4” x 10’10”)

4956- Talish Runner

Origin: East Caucasus

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 96 x 323 cm (3’2” x 10’7”)

4958- Karabagh Runner

Origin: South Caucasus

Approx. age: 2nd quarter of 20th century

Size: 105 x 500 cm (3’5” x 16’5”)

4959- Gendje Runner

Origin: East Caucasus

Approx. age: 4th quarter of 19th century

Size: 105 x 400 cm (3’5” x 13’1”)

5044- Smyrna Runner

Origin: West Anatolia

Approx. age: 1st quarter of 20th century

Size: 110 x 383 cm (3’7” x 12’7”)