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Lot Essay
The approx. knot count is 18H x 14V per sq. cm.
This Meshed carpet is one of the finest of all that was woven in the workshop of Abbas-Qoli Saber, the most renowned and prolific of all the Meshed carpet weavers of the second half of the 20th century. Not only is it woven with an extraordinary finesse, but it is also on a huge scale, and is thus a carpet that contains almost 90 million individually hand-tied knots.
Abbas-Qoli Saber learned his trade in the workshop of Ali Amogli (see the following lot for a very good example of Amogli's weaving). Amogli became the favourite weaver of Reza Shah Pahlavi and his carpets can still be seen in some of the former shah's palaces. Saber continued in a similar style contrasting small amounts of jewel-like colours on dark blue and red grounds. He wove a wide variety of qualities of rug, with very differing knot counts. The present carpet is however one of the finest and most impressive ever to have been woven in his workshop.
This Meshed carpet is one of the finest of all that was woven in the workshop of Abbas-Qoli Saber, the most renowned and prolific of all the Meshed carpet weavers of the second half of the 20th century. Not only is it woven with an extraordinary finesse, but it is also on a huge scale, and is thus a carpet that contains almost 90 million individually hand-tied knots.
Abbas-Qoli Saber learned his trade in the workshop of Ali Amogli (see the following lot for a very good example of Amogli's weaving). Amogli became the favourite weaver of Reza Shah Pahlavi and his carpets can still be seen in some of the former shah's palaces. Saber continued in a similar style contrasting small amounts of jewel-like colours on dark blue and red grounds. He wove a wide variety of qualities of rug, with very differing knot counts. The present carpet is however one of the finest and most impressive ever to have been woven in his workshop.