Lot Essay
See introductory chapter for a discussion of this group of carpets (pp.
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A COMPOSITE ISFAHAN CARPET
CENTRAL PERSIA, MID-17TH CENTURY
The dusty rose field with a polychrome palmette, curling leaf, cloudband and floral vine overall lattice in an unusual blue-green border of reciprocal meandering floral vine and palmettes in each corner, associated field and border from two different carpets, extensive repiling throughout, rewoven areas, reselvaged
Approximately 13ft. 7in. x 5ft. 10in. (414cm. x 178cm.)
Warp: white cotton, Z4S, slightly undulating
Weft: 3 shoots, white cotton, Z2S, 1 and 3 slightly undulating, 2 strongly undulating
Pile: wool, Z2S, asymmetrical open to the left, H4.4 x V4.3/cm.
CENTRAL PERSIA, MID-17TH CENTURY
The dusty rose field with a polychrome palmette, curling leaf, cloudband and floral vine overall lattice in an unusual blue-green border of reciprocal meandering floral vine and palmettes in each corner, associated field and border from two different carpets, extensive repiling throughout, rewoven areas, reselvaged
Approximately 13ft. 7in. x 5ft. 10in. (414cm. x 178cm.)
Warp: white cotton, Z4S, slightly undulating
Weft: 3 shoots, white cotton, Z2S, 1 and 3 slightly undulating, 2 strongly undulating
Pile: wool, Z2S, asymmetrical open to the left, H4.4 x V4.3/cm.
Provenance
Hs. Thieme, Munich
Acquired from above 15 October 1956 as an "Ispahan" for DM4,250
Acquired from above 15 October 1956 as an "Ispahan" for DM4,250
Literature
Persische Teppiche, Museum fr Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg Museum fr Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1971, no. 10 (ill.).