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6'5" x 4'5" [m. 1.96
X 1.36]
Warp: wool
Weft: wool, two shoots after each row of knots
Knotting: Ghiordes, wool, 102 knots per square inch [1600 per dm.2]
Although this tightly organized rug is crowded with Chinese symbols, it is
redolent of the fresh charm of an English garden print. The colors are
exquisite, and the two Sejshour borders as well as the field are striking
but delicate. The flowers are red, pale blue, pink, white, and yellow on a
dark blue background...
The rows in the field are made up of bats or butterflies, botehs, and
flowers. The butterfly is a Chinese symbol for happiness and is here
decorated with an arrow, often seen as a finishing touch in Chinese designs.
Thie small "S" shape in the background is a stylization of the cloud motif,
which is also Chinese. The boteh, is, of course, the most popular of Persian
designs.
The dark background of this runner is a perfect foil for the intricacies of
color it sets off.
published at Luciano Coen & Louise Duncan's The Oriental Rug
Lit: Luciano Coen & Louise Duncan's The Oriental Rug, plate 55
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