Bakhtiari Carpet, Feraghan, Isfahan Carpet, Heriz Rug
AN ANTIQUE KAZAK RUNNER
the charcoal-black field with nine stylised multicolouredll
lozenge medallions, each with smaflowerheads encircling hooked and floral centrepiece divided by similar triple small lozenges, leafy vines and flowerheads, in an ivory broad border of polychrome crab-reciprocal skittle-pattern and barber-pole stripes, short kelim at each end, small damage on outer stripes 312cm.
SAROUK CARPET
the ivory field with overall large leafy vine lattice containing polychrome serrated palmettes and flowering vines surrounded by shaded brick-red border of multicoloured serrated palmettos and scrolling leafy vinesbetween yellow palmetto vine and blue floral vine stripes, outer plain and zig-zag stripes 439cm.
TABRIZ CARPET
the ivory field with overall stylised Shah-Abbas design of meandering leafy vines issuing large multicoloured palmettes, flowerheads and stylised floral vases surrounded by shaded peach border of meandering polychrome palmette vine between sandy-yellow and blue flowering vine stripes, outer ivory plain stripe, signature cartouche at one end 429cm.
HERIZ CARPET
the ivory field with overall design of angular leafy vines issuing various stylised polychrome hooked palmettes and large hooked leaves surrounded by shaded indigo border of stylised turtle-palmetto and angular flowerhead vine between rust and shaded yellow meandering palmette vine stripes 320cm.
ISFAHAN CARPET
the ivory field with overall design of scrolling leafy tendrils issuing various polychrome palmettes and flowerheads surrounding floral vines connecting large multicoloured stylised floral botch, in broad light beige border of serrated palmette vine and meandering arabesques between ivory and indigo meandering floral vine stripes, outer brick-red plain stripe 459cm.
FERAGHAN CARPET
the shaded indigo field with stylised multicoloured large herati pattern around shaded brick-red shaped medallion containing polychrome palmette vine encircling ivory flowerhead centrepiece, spandrels similar, in broad border of interlocked brick-red, ivory and yellow half linked cartouches, containing serrated palmettes and angular floral sprays between indigo , brick-red and blue flowering vine stripes, outer zig-zag and plain stripes
A MASSIVE MALAYIR CARPET
the shaded indigo field with overall design of stylised multicoloured large licrati pattern surrounded by ivory border of stylised angular turtle-palmette and angular floral vine between yellow, charcoal-black and brick-red meandering palmette vine stripes, outer zig-zag, barber-pole and reciprocal skittle-pattern stripes, slight overall wear, small repairs 585cm.
BAKHTIARI CARPET
the ivory field with meandering vines issuing stylised multicoloured palmettes, flowerheads and large serrated leaves around indented indigo medallion with multiple hooked palmette pendants containing yellow and brick-red meandering arabesques and delicate floral vines, wide brick-red arabesque and flowering vine spandrels, surrounded by shaded deep indigo border of polychrome palmettes, flowerheads and floral spray vinesb etween yellow and blue flowering vine stripes, outer zig-zag, barber-pole and plain stripes, inscription cartouche at one end (In God order work of Azim-Allah Ghasemi the leader of Yaharjafar Ghuli-Khan Bakhtiari
AUBUSSON CARPET
the ivory field with central large oval medallion containing stylised multicoloured floral bouquet, similar floral bouquet at each end with shell motifs at each side surrounded by broad ivory frame border of scrolling acanthus leaves and floral sprays divided by large stylised floral cartouches between spiralling leafy vine and plain stripes 585cm.
TABRIZ CARPET
the indigo field with stylised Ardebil design of scrolling leafy vines issuing polychrome palmettos, flowerheads and leafy sprays around large ivory concentric medallion with hanging mosque lamp pendants and multicoloured serrated palmettos containing meandering arabesques and delicate meandering floral fine encircling rust flowerhead centrepiece, yellow-beige spandrels similar, in broad indigo border of large rust floral cartouches divided by floral roundels and flowering vine between light beige polychrome palmetto and serrated meandering arabesque wide stripes, outer rust flowering vine and plain stripes 573cm. x 370cm.