CENTRAL PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY

Details

AN ISFAHAN CARPET
Central Persia, 17th Century
Reduced in size
Approximately 14 ft. 2 in. (432 cm.) x 8 ft. 7 in. (262 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired from Vitall Benguiat, New York.
William A. Clark, New York.

Literature

Illustrated Handbook of The W.A. Clark Collection, Washington, D.C., 1928, p. 74.
W.J. Showalter, 'Virginia-A Commonwealth That Has Come Back', The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. LV, No. 4, April 1929, pl. XIII.
'Carpets for the Great Shah', The Corcoran Gallery of Art Bulletin, Vol 2, No. 1, October 1948, p. 23, no. P30, ill. IX.
L. Coyle, and D. M. Hartwell, Antiquities to Impressionism: The William A. Clark Collection Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 2001, p. 36, fig. 25.

Exhibited

Washington D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Carpets for the Great Shah, 3 October-16 November 1948, no. P30.

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Lot Essay

Displaying one of the most unusual designs in this group, the present lot employs a wide range of colors, including three shades of blue. The variety of colors is paralleled by the variety of floral specimens. Some of these elements are rarely seen on Isfahan carpets and here they are executed with extraordinary detail. The inner guard border is one of the most interesting found in this group of carpets with its reciprocal S-cloud band design. This carpet occupied the Main Gallery on the first floor of the Clark residence in New York City.

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