NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890

Details

A SILK TABRIZ PRAYER RUG
NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
The numeral '202' woven into the mihrab arch, overall very good condition
5ft.11in. x 4ft.1in. (181cm. x 125cm.)

Provenance

George Farrow, personal catalogue, 1993

Further Details

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Lot Essay

The knot count measures approximately 10V x 9H knots per cm. sq.

This rug comes from a small group of silk prayer rugs all enigmatically signed with the number '202' at the apex of the triangular arch. This is likely to be a signature associated with a particular weaver or small workshop. The rugs in question vary with regards to the shape of the lamp in the arch and the number of columns, though the group is united by the high quality of the weaving and the silk-wefted structure, as well as a dense design. An example with a similar cartoon was sold in these Rooms, 24 April 2012, lot 94, and further examples sold 15 October 1998, lots 314 and 315; 22 April 1999, lot 205; 3 May 2001, lots 9 and 147, and 25 April 2002 lot 118.

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