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Lot Essay
The design of this carpet, which proved extremely popular with weavers in North West Persia and the South Caucasus, derives directly from a group of late 17th and early 18th century Khorassan carpets. A number of different variants were produced in various centres, as discussed with reference to four examples in Paris by Pamela Benoussan ("Four 'Harshang' pattern Carpets in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs", Hali vol.3, no.3, 1981, pp.207-209) which illustrates the widespread use of this design.
Unlike the example sold in these Rooms, Mikaeloff The Eclectic Eye, 16 October 1997, lot 100, where the tendrils still show the vestiges of the spriralling designs, in the present lot the tendrils form straight lozenges and the secondary motifs have evolved to form the fully developed harshang design.
Unlike the example sold in these Rooms, Mikaeloff The Eclectic Eye, 16 October 1997, lot 100, where the tendrils still show the vestiges of the spriralling designs, in the present lot the tendrils form straight lozenges and the secondary motifs have evolved to form the fully developed harshang design.