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A NORTH WEST PERSIAN CARPET FRAGMENT
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Price
Realized £6,250 ($9,088)
Sale Information
SALE 7717 —
ORIENTAL AND EUROPEAN RUGS & CARPETS
2 April 2009
London, King Street
Lot Description
A NORTH WEST PERSIAN CARPET FRAGMENT
LATE 18TH
CENTURY
Areas of wear, one small hole, scattered repiling, patch
reweave and associated repair, old moth damage, some surface dirt
11ft.4in. x 8ft.8in. (344cm. x 264cm.)
Lot Notes
As with so
many carpets produced in the North West Persian region in the eighteenth
century, the design of this rug derives originally from those of Kirman in
the preceeding century (Edoardo Concaro and Alberto Levi, Sovrani Tappeti,
Milan, 1999, no.55, p.77; for example). The border however obviously
derives from the Isfahan carpets of the seventeenth century. This
identical border, complete with guard stripes is found on a carpet
illustrated by Werner Grote-Hasenbalg, Der Orientteppich, seine Geschichte
und seine Kultur, Berlin, 1922, Vol III, pl.65). Another example which
appears to be closely related was exhibited in Hamburg (Ausstellung
Orient-Teppiche, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 1950, no.107,
pp.90-91, pl.36).
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