WEST PERSIA, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

The knot count measures approximately 8V x 7H knots per cm. sq.

In his personal catalogue, George Farrow suggests that this highly unusual rug, depicting a female figure dancing, finds a comparable example in Ian Bennet's Rugs and carpets of the World, London, 1978, p.240. That rug is described as having been woven in Kirman and has a similar style of drawing, though it is smaller than our example and quite different in theme. The structure of the present example, however, has much more in common with rugs woven in West Persia, and particularly Fereghan.