Lot Essay
This example, lush with nearly original pile, exhibits many small details that set it apart from the rest of this group. Perhaps most prominent are the eight minor borders. Ranging from simple monochromatic bands, two versions of barber pole to floral vinery, the minor borders maintain equal artistic creativity and balance as the field. The outer guard border seems to be the most unusual of any of these minor borders. The linear rosettes are linked by what appear to be cusped cloud bands. The major border is striking in its simplicity of a single continuous vine connecting palmettes surrounded by bracket leaves. The carpet employs a wide range of colors and original silk brocade finishes at each end. A very similar major border can be found on a carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (M.S. Dimand, J. Mailey, Oriental Rugs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1973, p. 71, fig. 100.)