Senneh rug (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), Northwest Pers - Lot 296

Senneh rug (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), Northwest Persia, first half of the 20th century Length: 186 cm; Width: 136 cm This finely knotted carpet features a large red hexagon decorated with the Herati motif. The latter is enhanced by an ivory hexagon, extended by two pendants with the same design. The whole is on an ivory background with a herati motif. This motif is composed of a rhombus of curved stems, enclosing a rosette and surmounted by a palmette at each apex, repeated ad infinitum, with four falciform leaves next to each other. The town of Senneh or Sanandaj has long been renowned for the finesse of its carpets, both in the execution of the knotting or weaving and in the decorative motifs. Kurdistan wool is long and lustrous, but dry and rough, accentuated by short shaving. Senneh carpets are finely knotted, often with a silk warp and a single, tightly-woven cotton weft.