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Fredrik Martin Early Azerbaijan rug, NW Iran, 1750-1800.

A NORTH WEST PERSIAN CARPET
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

Price Realized  £39,650 ($63,837)

Sale Information
Christie's SALE 7960 —
ORIENTAL RUGS AND CARPETS INCLUDING TURKMEN WEAVINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ERIK RISMAN
5 April 2011
London, King Street

Lot Description
A NORTH WEST PERSIAN CARPET
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Of Isfahan design, some repiling, partly corroded brown, a few small repairs, selvages overbound, one end rebuilt
15ft.5in. x 6ft.7in. (469cm. x 201cm.)

Provenance
Purchased by Fredrik Martin in the 1890s
Carl Robert Lamm, Näsby Castle
L. E. Lamm, Gothenburg
Rolf Schmitz, Stockholm

Literature
Peter Willborg Textile Treasures, Stockholm, 1993, No.39, pp.106-107.

Exhibited
Orentaliska Mattor, National Museum 1946, no.16
Textile Tresaures, Heland Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, May/June 1995
Masterpieces of Persian Carpets, Hali fair, London 2003


Lot Notes
North West Persian copies of Safavid designs from other centres in Iran are well known; the migration of designs from 17th century South East Persia to 18th century North West in particular is well-attested. It is rare however to find such a close copy of an Isfahan carpet produced in this area. The origin is indicated by the cotton foundation with two shoots of weft and in particular the symmetrical knotting. It also has remarkably strong colours in considerable variety, so while it lacks the finesse of drawing of the Isfahan prototype, it more than makes up for it with the vibrancy of the tonality.