Keshan - Carpet - 160 cm - 108 cm
Are you interested in this item?This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawikiβs goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonβt find in just any store. Rug type: KASHANCountry of origin: Iran (former Persia)Pile material: silk yarnsWeft and warp: silk yarnsDensity: knots per mΒ²Measurements: 160 x 108 cmKnotting type: Senneh knotKnotting period: approx. Kashan rug, hand-knotted in the city of Kashan.With this medallion rug, a quarter of the medallion isrepeated in the corners of the field, in mirror image.Various colour schemes were used, withmain use of the colours cream, dark blue (edge), salmon,brick-red and a bronze colour at the outer edge.Additionally, the rug is richly decorated around the medallion withflower motifs, palmettes and rosettesThe fringes at the warp ends of the rug have wear, caused by regular domestic use.The remainder of the rug also has normal signs of wear.The rug is otherwise in good condition.Imported from Iran before . Read more