Lot 140
140
Property Formerly Belonging to Investors Art and Antiques, an Asset of First Miami Insurance Company
AN ISPHAHAN CARPET

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AN ISPHAHAN CARPET
CENTRAL PERSIA, MID-17TH CENTURY

The deep rose ground with a polychrome palmette, curling leaf and floral vinery lattice overall within an abrashed blue green palmette and curling leaf border (minor rewoven ends, overcast sides, minor restorations)--approximately 13ft. 8in. x 6ft. 11in. (416cm. x 211cm.)

Lot Essay

Warp: cotton, light beige, natural, Z4S
Weft: cotton, light beige, natural, Z2S, three shoots
alternating two straight, one wavy, wefts everywhere
visible on reverse
Pile: wool, Z2, or cotton, white, Z2, asymmetrical knots open
left, alternate warps depressed up to 30 degrees, H12½xV11
Sides: not original
Ends: not original
Colors: lac red, abrashed deep blue-green, dark blue, ivory, white cotton, orange-ochre, yellow-tan, golden ochre, light blue brown-black, medium brown, grass green, deep pink, forest green, palest blue-green