Isfahan carpet (cotton warp and weft, kurk pile), central Pe - Lot 244

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Isfahan carpet (cotton warp and weft, kurk pile), central Pe - Lot 244
Isfahan carpet (cotton warp and weft, kurk pile), central Persia, ca. 1920 3.26 x 2.26 m This finely knotted carpet is decorated with a central red and ivory rosette, extended by two pendants on a royal blue background decorated with scrolls and interlacing stylised flowers. The whole composition is decorated with four ivory spandrels. A wide red border with polychrome flowers is framed by four counter-borders. Frayed and damaged borders "The ancient capital of Sephardic Persia is one of the most monumentally rich cities in all of Iran. According to a Persian saying, Isfahan nesfe jaha, "Isfahan is the most beautiful city in the world" (...). The foundation of Isfahan goes back to a very ancient time. Its first name, Atran, was changed to Gabian by the Achaemenids who made it the seat of an important satrapy. The city continued to play an important role under the Sefevids and Sassanids. (...). In the 18th century, when the court moved to Esfahan, in addition to palaces and mosques, "Kharkhaneh" were built, i.e. royal workshops that included warehouses and factories set up to accommodate artists and craftsmen. Carpet factories occupied a large place and produced splendid models with floral designs, very often made of silk and precious threads. (...). The tradition of weaving at home developed during the 18th and 19th centuries and its roots are so deep that it remains unchanged today. In each family, the women who stay at home have one or more looms on which they weave carpets ordered by merchants who provide them with the design and wool. (...). The carpets of Isfahan rarely have less than fourteen colors and three of them, characteristic, are always present: blue gray, ivory and red." Bibliographical reference: Sabahi T, "Splendours of the carpets of the Orient", Ed. Atlas, Paris 1987, p. 143 to 146.
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