Lot 22
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A PART-SILK INDO-PERSIAN RUG
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A PART-SILK INDO-PERSIAN RUG

CIRCA 1900

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A PART-SILK INDO-PERSIAN RUG
CIRCA 1900
The abrashed pale mushroom-brown and biscuit-brown field with an overall "vase" lattice design of leafy flowering tendrils issuing and enclosing individual floral sprays, palmettes and flowerheads decorated with silk highlights, in a pale mushroom-brown scrolling flowering arabesque and strapwork border, an inscription cartouche at one end, between ivory flowering leafy vine stripes, on a silk foundation


6ft.3in. x 4ft.5in. (190cm. x 135cm.)
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Lot Essay

This unusual rug is woven in the Safavid vase design and is inscribed with the name Shah Sultan Husayn and the date AH 1141. While the date accords with the reign of this, the last of the Safavid monarchs, the material and technique are much more recent. It appears to be a part of a classicising tradition in the later Qajar period which saw the names of Shah 'Abbas and Shah Sultan Husayn liberally scattered across works of art, especially items of the best quality, notably in the field of metalwork.

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