Kirman carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), Southeast P - Lot 229

Lot n° 229
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Kirman carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), Southeast P - Lot 229
Kirman carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), Southeast Persia, circa 1930 (Worn, frayed and damaged selvages.) Length : 365 cm ; Width : 270 cm The ivory background is enhanced with numerous polychrome flowering vases and flowering trees on an ivory background. A large ivory border with the same decoration is framed by six counter-borders with flower garlands. The city of Kirman is isolated, which prevented it from playing an important role in the Sassanid era but spared it from being pillaged by the Mongols. Its name, given in 928, means "place of war". Carpet weaving was encouraged during the Sefavid period, but was interrupted at the fall of the dynasty. It only resumed in the 19th century and the offices of European carpet traders gradually opened there. Around 1920, the city opened to the American market. The wool of these carpets, which comes from neighboring towns and sometimes from Khorassan, is soft and white and was hand-twisted until 1950. Kirman is also known for its wide variety of hues with fifteen to thirty different shades. Kirman carpets are often decorated with intricate floral patterns. Bibliographic Reference : SABAHI, T -" Splendors of the carpets of the East " - Ed. Atlas, Paris- 1987- p. 165 to 169
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