Magnificent Old Persian Tehran Rug

Name: Magnificent Old Persian Tehran Rug
SKU: 2008
Availability: InStock

Rug #2008

Size: 215 x 138 cm / 7.1 x 4.5 ft

Handwoven in: Tehran, Iran

Age: Old

Design: Allover design

Materials: Fine Kork Wool (Cashmere) and Silk

Category: Rugs & Carpets

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Magnificent Old Persian Tehran Rug Allover design Fine Kork Wool (Cashmere) and Silk

This Persian Tehran rug is published in;

THE PERSIAN CARPET, ‘The Fabric of Life’, Essie Sakhai, Woodbridge, 2008.

pl. 114, p. 175.

This is an impressive early example of Tehran weaving, the earliest examples of which probably to not pre-date the 1920s. This carpet has field designs associated in particular with 19th century Bijar (or Garrus, as the region was previously known after the ruling Kurdish tribal group); indeed it has the same ‘flower and palmette’ field design as on the famous McMullan carpet in the Metropolitan Museum with its altered date of 1794. Both the main border, with its distinctive palette, and the beautifully drawn inner and outer guards, are also exactly what one would expect to find on 19th century Bijar examples. Early Tehran carpets, it should be noted, are comparatively rare and are almost always of very high quality.

Magnificent Old Persian Tehran Rug. This piece was handwoven in Tehran , Iran. For further information please contact us and our team will be pleased to assist you. All pieces in the collection are under the auspices of Essie Sakhai, one of the world’s foremost experts and collectors of fine handmade Persian rugs and carpets.

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