NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880

Details

A SILK TABRIZ RUG
NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
Full pile throughout, localised minor restorations, overall very good condition
5ft.11in. x 4ft.7in. (181cm. x 141cm.)

Literature

Personal catalogue, 1993, H 22

Further Details

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Lot Essay

The knot count measures approximately 8V x 8H per cm. sq.

A comparable silk Tabriz rug sold Sotheby's New York, 9 June 2014, lot 117. While that example had a field with a single dominant medallion, on ours that design has been repeated to form a lattice design. A Tabriz rug with a similar overall arrangement of motifs was sold in these Rooms, 7 October 2010, lot 231.

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