1880 Silk Kashan Farahan from Central Persia
AUTHENTICITY OF CARPET
CARPET NO. (Type N Reference) : 0016 DO16 SILK MOHTASHAM
ORIGIN (State, Province) : Farahan, Central Persia
AGE (Estimated) : End of Fourth Quarter 19th
MEASUREMENT (LXB) : 220 x 135 cm
(Approx. 7ft 3in x 5ft 3in)
MATERIAL (Wool, Silk, Cotton) : Handspun Pure Silk
WARP MATERIAL : Colourful Silk
WEFT MATERIAL : Pure Cream Silk
END MATERIAL : Silk
KNOTS (Per Square Meter) : 1,000,000 knots per square metre
TOTAL KNOTS IN WHOLE CARPET : 2,970, 000 knots
CONDITION : 100% full pile, no repair, no patch, no holes, reconditioned fringes on both sides
TYPE OF COLOUR : 100% natural Vegetable Colors
CARPET FOR INVESTMENT : Yes
CARPET FOR COLLECTORS : Yes
DESCRIPTION OF DESIGN & HISTORY :
This important and delicately beautiful silk Feraghan item is stylistically closely related to the so-called 'Mohtaschem'Silk Kashans, and there is one school of thought which maintains that the master-weaver Hajji Mullah Muhammed Hassan Mohtaschem was a native of the Feraghan region, and created some of his finest works in the Feraghan tradition - this rug would undoubtedly be included among his Feraghan masterpieces by proponents of this theory. In fact, of the only two rugs recorded which are actually signed by Mohtaschem, the silk Kashan illustrated in Hali, Issue 36, page 7, is distinctly similar to the present item in design and overall stylistic approach. The attribution to Feraghan, rather than Kashan, of our rug and others of this rare group is based on the extremely fine and distinctive structure, the wonderful quality of the silk used, the obvious age apparent in such examples and, especially, the distinctive and ultra-refined palette they invariably employ. a slight angularity in the draughtsmanship and the wonderful economy of ornament is also a distinguishing feature of the group. All these elements are definitively displayed in this graceful medallion rug, with its shimmering pastel tonality, its enchanting palette of lilacs, blues, rose and magenta, and its wealth of related secondary colurs which are almost hidden beneath the sumptuous lustre of the silk. A silk Feraghan of superb accomplishment, among the most beautiful and oldest silk Persian rugs knotted since the Safavid era we have encountered.
220 x 135 cm, USD 50 000
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