CENTRAL PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY

Details

AN ISFAHAN CARPET
Central Persia, 17th Century
Reduced in size
Approximately 13 ft. 10 in. (422 cm.) x 9 ft. (274 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired from Vitall Benguiat, New York.
William A. Clark, New York.

Literature

Illustrated Handbook of The W.A. Clark Collection, Washington, D.C., 1928, p. 73.
'Carpets for the Great Shah', The Corcoran Gallery of Art Bulletin, Vol 2, No. 1, October 1948, p. 13, no. P6.

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Lot Essay

The double-layer vinery in blue and cream creates a background for this highly intricate and well drawn carpet. Superimposed on the vinery is a variation of large and bold palmettes that are balanced by the wide, slightly oversized major and guard borders. The upright and inverted palmette motif is one that is found on quite a few Isfahan carpets but it is particularly well executed on this example.

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