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an antique persian rug with a floral design on a beige grounda close up view of a carpet with a cat on itan image of a bed with a floral design on itan image of a very old looking carpet with many flowers on ita blue book with gold writing on it sitting on a tablea document with a picture of a hotel on ita picture of a living room with a lot of books on the shelvesan image of a picture of a rug with a pattern on it
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21 - A very important and magnificent GHOUM silk carpet
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Estimate €40,000 - €50,000
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A very important and magnificent GHOUM silk carpet Iran. Shah era, circa 1965. Carpet formerly owned by Prince Abdallah Al Fayçal Bin Abdullaziz Al Saud (King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975). The carpet was sold at the Ader Picard Tajan auction on 10 December 1988 at the Hôtel Georges V. (extract from the attached catalogue). It was woven to order in the town of Ghum, featuring a Tehran design (the two towns are approximately 150 km apart). Silk pile on a silk ground. Density of 560,000 knots per square metre. Set against a pinkish-beige field is a pattern comprising a multitude of medallions with ‘moulded’ old gold, multi-lobed frames. The medallions are ivory in colour and feature a multicoloured floral bouquet design. They are interspersed with ‘moulded’ interlacing patterns featuring floral ornamentation. Two antique gold counter-borders featuring a brick-patterned trellis with stylised ivory florets, highlighted by eight ivory and bluish bands adorned with garlands of flowers, frame the main border, a pinkish-beige border, adorned with undulating leafy branches supporting majestic ivory floral arrangements, standing out amidst polychrome flowering stems. An outer antique gold braid featuring chess pieces. An extremely rare ‘palace’ size and of the highest distinction. H_620 cm L_420 cm. Bibliography: - *Tapis* by R. BECHIRIAN, pages 165, 167 - *Le livre du tapis* by Fabio FORMENTON (pm), pages 181, 182, 183 - Expert: Frank KASSAPIAN
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Auction time 11/08/2026 at 2:00 PM
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