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Lot Essay
The inscription cartouches contain a ghazal of Hafiz.
This rug was purchased a considerable time ago by the father-in-law of the present owner. The family story is that it was bought from a member of the previous Persian royal family, although no details are known. The rug does however bear very strong similarities to a rug in a collection in New York. Both have the same very dense treatment of the motifs, in inscription cartouche border together with very thick pile and the very unusual feature of a metal-thread selvage. The New York rug is said by tradition to have been woven for Muzaffar al-Din Shah (1896-1907). The combination of the similarity in technical features, the story about the purchase of this rug, and the date on this piece (of which the family were not aware), indicate that this tradition is probably true.
This rug was purchased a considerable time ago by the father-in-law of the present owner. The family story is that it was bought from a member of the previous Persian royal family, although no details are known. The rug does however bear very strong similarities to a rug in a collection in New York. Both have the same very dense treatment of the motifs, in inscription cartouche border together with very thick pile and the very unusual feature of a metal-thread selvage. The New York rug is said by tradition to have been woven for Muzaffar al-Din Shah (1896-1907). The combination of the similarity in technical features, the story about the purchase of this rug, and the date on this piece (of which the family were not aware), indicate that this tradition is probably true.