Tebriz carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool... - Lot 35 - Audap & Associés

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Tebriz carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool... - Lot 35 - Audap & Associés
Tebriz carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), Northwest Persia, circa 1920. This important carpet is decorated with a large central polylobed tobacco medallion, extended by two pendants on a plain blue background and on a tobacco counter-ground enhanced by an elegant polychrome stylized floral decoration, wide tobacco border with garlands of flowers framed by numerous counter-borders. (Wear and old restorations.) Length : 650 cm ; Width : 450 cm Because of its proximity to Turkish ports, Tebriz developed trade with Europe in a major way and thus became a major center of carpet production. From the end of the 18th century, large carpet factories were created there. The Tebriz carpets are characterized by a great quality and fineness of knotting and present very varied decorations: the classical decoration of the central medallion with four spandrels, the vase decoration, the herati decoration in full field, figurative or landscape decorations, the prayer rugs or the garden rugs. "In fact, there is a wide variety of Persian carpets: - The carpets of factories in which the models or cartoons are rewoven several times identically; a workshop master or "ustad" directs the work by chanting: "a red knot, a green knot, two blue knots, etc.". It is no longer the creative work of a single craftsman that gives the spirit of the carpet, but the technical prowess of the craftsman, the harmony of the cardboard and colors, the quality of the wool that determine the beauty and success of the carpet. Let us quote the masterpieces of the great masters of the region of Tabriz (Djaffer, Hajji Jalil), or of Keschan (Mortashem), Kirman and Isfahan. - Carpets from village workshops (Senneh, Hamadan, Shiraz, Ferrahan) - Or weavings from nomadic tribes, such as the Khasgai of the Shiraz region: the weaver creates his own pattern. () All materials are used throughout Persia: the warps can be made of sheep's wool, goat's hair, or even camel's hair, cotton, silk. Velvet can be knotted in wool or silk, cotton can also be used to enhance certain patterns. Bibliographical reference : 1 Chevalier, D and de Pazzis-Chevalier, N, exhibition catalog " Des tapis inoubliables ", Galerie Chevalier, Paris, 1988, p.37 Expert : Alexandre Chevalier
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