Product ID: 0087 TLA92

carpet

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
CARPET NO. (Type N Reference) : 0087 TLA92 SEIRAFIAN
ORIGIN (State, Province) : Isfahan Central Persia

AGE (Estimated) : Early 20th Century
MEASUREMENT (LXB) : 235 x 146 cm
(Approx. ft in x ft in)
PILE MATERIAL (Wool, Silk, Cotton) : Kurk wool on silk
WARP MATERIAL : Silk
WEFT MATERIAL : Silk
SALVEDGE MATERIAL : Wool
KNOTS (Per Square Metre) : 1,000,000 knots per square metre
TOTAL KNOTS IN WHOLE CARPET : 3,430,000 knots
CONDITION : Perfect
TYPE OF COLOUR : Natural Vegetable Colours
CARPET FOR INVESTMENT : Yes
CARPET FOR COLLECTORS : Yes

DESCRIPTION OF DESIGN & HISTORY :
The high quality of design and craftsmanship is attested to by the inscribed pile cartouche in the lower kilim web, indicating that the carpet was made by the renown master weaver, Seirafian. It embodies the timeless characteristics which exercised a decisive influence on their successors. The well balanced natural vegetable dye colours depend for their vitality on the contrast of clearly delineated matching shades but the key to the whole lies in the harmony of well-judged proportions.
A complex red medallion of superimposed eight and sixteen point ornaments is a far more coherent in construction than most of the Isfahan medallions; its graphic clarity ensures a focal role against the sky blue field in which a spiral stem in ivory binds together in an ornate yet excellently spaces floral and foliate design. The demonstrative main border of shah-abbasi is held between four stripes among which the two ivory elements make a contribution to the carpet’s visual impression.

This impressive city carpet signed by the master weaver Seirafian would make a proud addition to any Persian carpet collection.

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