Heriz carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), Northwest Pe - Lot 223

Lot n° 223
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Estimation :
400 - 600 EUR
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Result : 1 030EUR
Heriz carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), Northwest Pe - Lot 223
Heriz carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), Northwest Persia, circa 1930 (Slight wear and fraying.) Length : 3,70 m ; Width : 2,80 m The carpet is decorated with a large red hexagon enhanced by a double polychrome medallion, extended by two pendants on a red background with geometric floral motifs and an ivory background. The whole composition is decorated with four red spandrels. A wide navy blue border with geometric floral polychrome decoration is framed by two counter-borders. "Heriz is located northeast of Tabriz. At the end of the 19th century, the merchants of Tabriz, always in search of cheap labor, installed a few factories that produced solid carpets of large dimensions. The decorative theme introduced in Heriz by the Tabriz merchants was classical, with a medallion and spandrels; but the Heriz weavers refused the use of cartoons which did not correspond to their traditions and continued to weave their carpets by executing the design from memory or sometimes with the help of small vagireh (small carpets used by the weavers as a model and thus decorated with a vast sampling of field and border designs). This led to a simplification of the floral medallion design, which was then represented geometrically. The Heriz medallions are stylized star-shaped and extend almost to the border. The field is decorated with stems that bend at right angles to connect the serrated leaves and rosettes."
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