Understated C. 1930S Kashan Carpet
Stock No
A27221
2011
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Item Description
Fine c. 1930s Kashan Carpet
3.62 x 2.77 m
The city of Kashan, among the best-known and highly-ranked Persian rug-weaving centres, first rose to prominence in the 16th Century, under the Safavid Dynasty.
These workshops earned a reputation for producing many of the most highly sought-after rugs of the Classical period and continued their work into the early 20th Century. This Kashan carpet is a high-end workshop weaving of the 1930s – an elegant example, featuring unusual scrolling motifs over the ivory field, creating a subtle ton-sur-ton effect, possibly influenced by European carpets, and indicating that this piece was likely a special commission, produced for the export market, and soft cornflower blue and muted hazelnut accents in its wide border.
Despite dating to the 1930s, this rug has a surprisingly modern aesthetic sensibility – one especially attractive feature is the uniformity of colour across the field and the border, which is of an impressive width, lending the work a feeling of space and balance. Retained in very good practical condition for everyday use, with its borders preserved on all sides – the wool is of an exceptional quality, close to Merino.
A stylish carpet, with an understated elegance that would lend itself equally to a classic or contemporary interior – one of the most striking examples of its type that we have had the pleasure of adding to our collection in some time.
Item Info
Seller
Seller Location
London, London
Item Dimensions
H: 362cm W: 277cm
Period
c. 1930s
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Location
London, London
Item Location
United Kingdom
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+44 (0)207 5842929
+44 (0)7973 119458
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