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Lot Essay
The knot count measures approximately 8V x 9H per cm. sq.
Precious silk rugs such as this Fereghan were commissioned by the Persian upper classes during the 19th century, often to specific designs. Using a particularly glossy silk, the rugs of Fereghan commonly use a cerulean light blue within the colour palette, which is used to great effect within the present rug. It is balanced with a rich purple dyed silk within the flowering blossoms which is another key feature of rugs from these accomplished workshops. Purple silk is also characteristically used by the weavers along the selvages. This distinctive palette and the high level of execution does suggest that they represent an actual sub-group of west Persian silk weaving. A silk Fereghan prayer rug with the same colouring but more angular drawing, formerly in the collection of George Farrow, sold in these Rooms, 8 April 2014, lot 119, while a smaller but more comparable rug, now in a private London collection, sold in these Rooms, 25 October 2018, lot 324.
Precious silk rugs such as this Fereghan were commissioned by the Persian upper classes during the 19th century, often to specific designs. Using a particularly glossy silk, the rugs of Fereghan commonly use a cerulean light blue within the colour palette, which is used to great effect within the present rug. It is balanced with a rich purple dyed silk within the flowering blossoms which is another key feature of rugs from these accomplished workshops. Purple silk is also characteristically used by the weavers along the selvages. This distinctive palette and the high level of execution does suggest that they represent an actual sub-group of west Persian silk weaving. A silk Fereghan prayer rug with the same colouring but more angular drawing, formerly in the collection of George Farrow, sold in these Rooms, 8 April 2014, lot 119, while a smaller but more comparable rug, now in a private London collection, sold in these Rooms, 25 October 2018, lot 324.