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Important and fine TABRIZ carpet (Northwest Iran),...

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Important and fine TABRIZ carpet (Northwest Iran), circa 1930/40 Dimensions : 365 x 260cm. Technical features : Wool velvet on cotton backing. An ivory field with brick corolla and floral scrolls hosts an oblong navy counterfield and an old rose mandorla medallion with a large turquoise poly-lobed star-shaped cruciform flower in its center. The whole is covered with a delicate trellis of polychrome floral stems. The old rose border features a succession of blossoming flowers on stems, flanked by six old gold and turquoise counter-borders with a garland of florets. Outer braid with polychrome geometric figures. (Fine, silky, high-quality Kork lambswool, first shearing), (density = approx. 7/8,000 knots per dm2). Bibliography : - Le Tapis by Enza MILANESI pages 23, 100