NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1920

The PETAG workshop (Persische Teppiche A.G.) was a German initiative founded in the early 20th century by the German scholar/dealer Heinrich Jacoby. It was renowned for producing high quality carpets in the inter-war period which were identified by their distinctive signature formed of three cintamani roundels generally located in the far corner of the field or border pattern. The workshop frequently used 16th century classical carpet designs as a source of inspiration which were available to them in printed books. The present carpet draws its inspiration from an 'in and out' palmette design taken from a 16th/17th century Safavid Persian carpet fragment published in Friedrich Sarre, (Orientalische Teppiche, Vienna, 1892, pl. XXXIII, no.43). A PETAG carpet of identical design as the present lot, but less well preserved, sold in these Rooms, 14 October 2004, lot 47. The following two lots in the present sale were produced in the PETAG workshop, each with a design that draws inspiration from classical Safavid carpets.