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NORTH WEST PERSIA, 18TH CENTURY
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A FRAGMENT OF A GARDEN CARPET
NORTH WEST PERSIA, 18TH CENTURY
Comprising four panels with stylised trees or stellar medallions divided by a stylised stream with fish, in a broad indigo border of interlaced arabesques enclosing palmettes and an outer reciprocal trefoil border between minor stripes, extensive wear, considerable repiling
8ft.4in. x 4ft.1in. (283cm. x 124cm.)
Warp: cotton, white, Z5S-Z7S
Weft: cotton, white, Z3S; 2 shoots
Pile: wool, Z2S; symmetric, depressed; H34 x V31
Sides and Ends: remains of blue cotton plaiting on side warps
NORTH WEST PERSIA, 18TH CENTURY
Comprising four panels with stylised trees or stellar medallions divided by a stylised stream with fish, in a broad indigo border of interlaced arabesques enclosing palmettes and an outer reciprocal trefoil border between minor stripes, extensive wear, considerable repiling
8ft.4in. x 4ft.1in. (283cm. x 124cm.)
Warp: cotton, white, Z5S-Z7S
Weft: cotton, white, Z3S; 2 shoots
Pile: wool, Z2S; symmetric, depressed; H34 x V31
Sides and Ends: remains of blue cotton plaiting on side warps