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TABRIZ carpet (Persia), late 19th century Dimensions...

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TABRIZ carpet (Persia), late 19th century Dimensions : 515 x 340cm. Technical characteristics : Wool velvet on a cotton foundation. An ivory field hosts an inextricable tangle of scrolls and multicolored flowery ramifications, forming compositions and starry forms, enriched with a multitude of polychrome corollas. Six brick borders with garlands of flowers, highlighted with two rows of multicolored chess pieces frame the main marine suite of corollas blooming in polychrome. Beautiful palette. Bibliography : - The world tour of carpets by Andrew MIDDLETON pages 72, 73, 74, 75