A ZIEGLER CARPET

WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890

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A ZIEGLER CARPET
WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
The ivory field of 'Polonaise' design with scrolling bold vine around two long shaped shaded lime-green panels containing similar motifs above and below a cusped shaded brick-red octafoil medallion, similar shaped green and red part panels and medallions at each side, in a steel-blue border of dense flowering vine and serrated leaves linking palmettes between lime-green boteh, brick-red linked lozenge, inner reciprocal Y-pattern and outer plain ivory stripes, areas of slight wear, creaselines removed, very light stains
17ft.6in. x 14ft.7in. (532cm. x 444cm.)

Lot Essay

The design of this carpet is taken from that of a famous pair of Polonaise rugs formerly belonging to Prince Johann of Liechtenstein, one of which is now in the Keir Collection while the other is in the Islamic Museum, Berlin. These were first published in Sarre, F.: Catalogue of the Exhibition of Oriental Carpets, K. K. Österreiches Handelsmuseum, Vienna, 1891, cat. no.391; in the illustrated catalogue of 1892, of which a copy is sold as lot 228 in this sale, it appears as pl.IV, no.5. The present carpet must have been made very soon after this date of publication.

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