A SILK HERIZ RUG
NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1870
THE SHADED FOX-BROWN FIELD WITH STYLISED PALMETTES ISSUING ANGULAR LEAFY VINE AROUND A LARGE IVORY CENTRAL SHAPED PANEL CONTAINING CONNECTING PALMETTES ISSUING ANGULAR FLOWERING VINE, IN A SHADED BLUE BORDER OF STYLISED PALMETTES AND ANGULAR LEAFY VINE MEANDER BETWEEN SHADED GOLDEN FLORAL MEANDER STRIPES, LOCALISED AREAS OF WEAR, MINOR REPILING, FRINGE AND FEW ROWS OF KNOTS AT EACH END REPLACED
6FT.11IN. X 4FT.8IN. (211CM. X 142CM.)
Provenance
ANON SALE, EDELMANN GALLERIES, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, 23RD MAY 1984, LOT 220.