Lot 257
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A SAFAVID ISFAHAN RUG
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A SAFAVID ISFAHAN RUG

CENTRAL PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY

Details
A SAFAVID ISFAHAN RUG
CENTRAL PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY
Of red ground, 'in and out' palmette design some areas of wear and corrosion, light repiling and minor repair, selvages replaced, ends secured
7ft.7in. x 4ft.9in. (230cm. x 145 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous Sale; Sotheby's, 20 October 1994, lot 566.
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, London, 13 October 2005, lot 51, where acquired.
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Lot Essay

The popularity of the red ground 'in and out' palmette design was enormous both at the time of manufacture and at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries when European Noble families, such as the Rothchild's, became avid collectors.
This rug retains a wide variety of original colours and the juxtaposition of the sea-green border and the rust-red palmettes is particularly harmonious.

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