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Lot Essay
warp: cotton, ivory, natural, Z5S handspun
weft: cotton, ivory, natural, Z2S, 2 shoots alternating, 1 straight, 1 wavy
pile: wool, Z2, asymmetric open left, 30-60 degree warp depression widely varies, 14H x 13V
sides: 1 bundle x 3 body warps wrapped in red Z2 pile wool
ends: top, 1 1/4inch balanced ivory cotton Z2 plainweave, with 3/8 inch strip of brown wool Z3, 4 lines of red wool twining, ending in 3/8 inch backbraided band; bottom, 5/8 inch plainweave as top, remains of red and yellow twined lines, ending in warp loops
The lot offered here is an interesting and unusual early rug from the Fereghan district. The simple, uncomplicated and imaginative design with its subtly varying flowers and interspersed birds seems to imply a period before export demands encouraged the enforced standards of artificial complexity seen later in the century. The overall white tonality gives it a proto-Zili-Sultan character.
weft: cotton, ivory, natural, Z2S, 2 shoots alternating, 1 straight, 1 wavy
pile: wool, Z2, asymmetric open left, 30-60 degree warp depression widely varies, 14H x 13V
sides: 1 bundle x 3 body warps wrapped in red Z2 pile wool
ends: top, 1 1/4inch balanced ivory cotton Z2 plainweave, with 3/8 inch strip of brown wool Z3, 4 lines of red wool twining, ending in 3/8 inch backbraided band; bottom, 5/8 inch plainweave as top, remains of red and yellow twined lines, ending in warp loops
The lot offered here is an interesting and unusual early rug from the Fereghan district. The simple, uncomplicated and imaginative design with its subtly varying flowers and interspersed birds seems to imply a period before export demands encouraged the enforced standards of artificial complexity seen later in the century. The overall white tonality gives it a proto-Zili-Sultan character.