Tebriz carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool... - Lot 163 - Vasari Auction

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Tebriz carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool... - Lot 163 - Vasari Auction
Tebriz carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), Northwest Persia, ca. 1920-1930 615 x 510 cm The carpet is decorated with a double central medallion in ivory and navy blue, extended by two pendants on a red background with scrolls of flowers and an ivory background enhanced by an elegant polychrome stylized floral decoration. A wide red border with garlands of multicolored flowers is framed by six counter-borders. Due to its proximity to Turkish ports, Tebriz developed an important trade with Europe and thus became a great center of carpet production. From the end of the 18th century, large carpet factories were established there. 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 very large 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 of nomadic tribes, such as the Khasgai in the region of Shiraz: the weaver creates his own model () 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: Chevalier, D and de Pazzis-Chevalier, N, exhibition catalogue "Unforgettable carpets", Galerie Chevalier, Paris, 1988, p.37 Wear, old restorations, accidents, fraying and damaged edges
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