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Lot Essay
The knot count is approximately 8V x 8H per cm. sq.
The design, which derives its name from the town of Joshaghan in north central Persia, was woven in a number of centres, but most frequently in Kashan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The complex, grid-like arrangement of lozenges, each containing a wide variety of intricate floral arrangements, stems from earlier Safavid Garden carpets. Each of the Weeping-Willow trees, set within the spandrels on the present lot, would have offered shade for contemplation and the watery-blue palette reflects the pools of water from which the flowers would have fed. A larger silk Kashan carpet of the same design, formerly part of the Maharaja of Patiala's collection, sold in these Rooms, 7 October 2010, lot 8.
The design, which derives its name from the town of Joshaghan in north central Persia, was woven in a number of centres, but most frequently in Kashan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The complex, grid-like arrangement of lozenges, each containing a wide variety of intricate floral arrangements, stems from earlier Safavid Garden carpets. Each of the Weeping-Willow trees, set within the spandrels on the present lot, would have offered shade for contemplation and the watery-blue palette reflects the pools of water from which the flowers would have fed. A larger silk Kashan carpet of the same design, formerly part of the Maharaja of Patiala's collection, sold in these Rooms, 7 October 2010, lot 8.