Lot 215
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A SILK BAKHTIARI RUG
A SILK BAKHTIARI RUG
A SILK BAKHTIARI RUG
A SILK BAKHTIARI RUG
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A SILK BAKHTIARI RUG

WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880

Details
A SILK BAKHTIARI RUG
WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
Woven on polychrome silk warps, light uneven wear, mounted on a stretcher
6ft.8in. x 4ft. (204cm. x 122cm.)
Further details
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Lot Essay


The knot count measures approximately 8V x 7H per cm. sq.

This rug is part of a small group of silk Bakhtiari rugs which bear the same rich colour palette and were woven on polychrome banded silk warps, some bearing inscriptions.One of these was purchased from Sotheby's London, 18 April 1984, lot 407 and belongs, with two others, in a private UK collection.

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