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Lot Essay
The knot count measures approximately 9V x 8H per cm. sq.
The pictorial cartouches displaying Persianate landscapes within the field and border are a feature found on a number of Kashan carpets, in both wool and silk. After Cecil Edwards toured Iran in the 1940s to write his famous book, he indicates that this particular design trait was found in carpets of the village of Natanz a little outside Kashan, (A. Cecil Edwards, The Persian Carpet, London, 1953). Natanz is also famous for the shrine of 'Abd al-Samad, originally decorated with some of the best 14th century Kashan lustre tiles ever made (Sheila Blair, The Ilkhanid Shrine Complex at Natan, Iran, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1986). A comparable silk rug from the collection of Abdi Roubeni but without the metal-thread highlights of our lot, sold in these Rooms, 7 October 2010, lot 24. For a brief description of the souf technique, see lot 198 in the present sale.
The pictorial cartouches displaying Persianate landscapes within the field and border are a feature found on a number of Kashan carpets, in both wool and silk. After Cecil Edwards toured Iran in the 1940s to write his famous book, he indicates that this particular design trait was found in carpets of the village of Natanz a little outside Kashan, (A. Cecil Edwards, The Persian Carpet, London, 1953). Natanz is also famous for the shrine of 'Abd al-Samad, originally decorated with some of the best 14th century Kashan lustre tiles ever made (Sheila Blair, The Ilkhanid Shrine Complex at Natan, Iran, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1986). A comparable silk rug from the collection of Abdi Roubeni but without the metal-thread highlights of our lot, sold in these Rooms, 7 October 2010, lot 24. For a brief description of the souf technique, see lot 198 in the present sale.