Offered by Galerie Buter
Origin: Exceptional, fine, original and very rare Sarouk. (Persian)
Age: late 19th century. Dated: the year 1317 of the hegira corresponding to lan 1896.
Dimensions: 198 x 124 cm
Density: around 10,000 knots per dm2
Observations: prayer-shaped carpet, remarkable finesse of execution. Very rare piece of great originality.
Technical characteristics: wool velvet known as "kork" lambswool selected in spring, high quality silky on foundations: cotton warp, weft and fringes.
Description: ruby ??field with branches of flowering plants, four cypresses and mirhab formed by a finely drawn cape ending with a crown, adorned by a large elongated central medallion formed by a geometrically stylized tiger skin on an ivory background ending with two corner pieces with double peacocks making the wheel in full color.
Triple borders including the main beige with sowing of petals, palmettes and stylized flower buds
geometrically multicolored.