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291 - Kirman carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), south-easte…
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Estimate €2,500 - €4,000
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Kirman carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), south-eastern Persia, circa 1910–1950. (Shown signs of wear and fraying.) Length: 490 cm; Width: 298 cm. This carpet is adorned with a double central raspberry-coloured rosette, extended by two pendants enhanced with an elegant, stylised polychrome floral design on an ivory ground. The entire composition is embellished with four navy blue spandrels. The main ivory border, featuring a garland of multicoloured flowers, is framed by ten raspberry and navy blue counter-borders. The town of Kirman’s isolated location prevented it from playing a significant role during the Sassanid period but spared it from Mongol plunder. Its name, given in 928, means ‘place of war’. Carpet weaving was encouraged during the Safavid period, but came to a halt with the fall of the dynasty. It did not resume until the 19th century, when European carpet merchants gradually began to open offices there. Around 1920, the town opened up to the American market. The wool used in these carpets, which comes from neighbouring towns and sometimes from Khorasan, is soft and white and was hand-spun until 1950. Kirman is also renowned for its wide variety of colours, ranging from fifteen to thirty different shades. Kirman carpets often feature designs composed of highly intricate floral motifs. Bibliographical reference: - SABAHI, T. – Splendeurs des tapis d’Orient – Ed. Atlas, Paris, 1987 – pp. 165–169. Expert: Alexandre CHEVALIER
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