Lot Essay
The inscriptions consist of Persian verses.
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NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
Details
A SILK TABRIZ CARPET
North West Persia, circa 1890
Of "Garden" design, the field with six columns of four rectangles each containing a variety of floral sprays, trees and medallions, divided by broad ivory bands with inscription cartouches and a floral roundel at each intersection, in a rust-red inscription cartouche border with floral sprays between ivory floral meander and blue key-pattern minor stripes, localised areas of wear, small patch repairs, material backing strips on three sides
13ft.9in. x 8ft.5in. (419cm. x 256cm.)
North West Persia, circa 1890
Of "Garden" design, the field with six columns of four rectangles each containing a variety of floral sprays, trees and medallions, divided by broad ivory bands with inscription cartouches and a floral roundel at each intersection, in a rust-red inscription cartouche border with floral sprays between ivory floral meander and blue key-pattern minor stripes, localised areas of wear, small patch repairs, material backing strips on three sides
13ft.9in. x 8ft.5in. (419cm. x 256cm.)
Provenance
Anon sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 April 1995, lot 250
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