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A LURI RUG
WEST PERSIA, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

The indigo field scattered with diagonal rows of small lozenges, a boteh in each corner, an inner frame of small boteh, in a sandy yellow border of meandering flowerhead vine between mill-pattern stripes, repiled crease lines, negligible loss at one end and repiling at the other
Approximately 7ft.10in. x 3ft.7in. (238cm. x 109cm.)

Warp: wool, light brown, grey-brown or one strand dark brown with one strand grey-brown, undulating
Weft: 4 shoots, red wool, Z1, undulating
Pile: wool, Z2S, symmetrical inclining to the left, H2.7 x V2.5/cm.
Sides: main weft flat-woven around two additional warps and two pairs of additional warps, further additional red, brown and various tones of blue flat-woven around five pairs of warps
Upper ends: flatweave with red wool Z1.
Provenance
Kunsteck J. Munchant
Acquired from above 30 October 1954 as a "Luristan" for DM1,1,00
Literature
Alte Teppiche des 16.-18.Jahrhunderts der Firma L.Bernheimer, Munich, 1959, pl.89.

Lot Essay

The design on this rug is most unusual. With the boteh in the corners it is reminiscent of Qajar textiles. While the design in its simplicity is akin to the gabbeh of the South Persian tribesmen, the thick red wefting and in particular the flatwoven selvage would argue for an attribution to the South Caucasus.

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