Object Description
The city of Tabriz in Northwest Persia has long been known as a centre for Persian arts, culture, and literature, but especially for the quality of its carpets, with a tradition dating back as early as the 14th Century. Thanks to its location, incorporating influences from nearby Azerbaijan and Turkey, its weavings are among the most diverse of any city in Iran, and antique Tabriz carpets are especially distinguished by their tight weaves and close adherence to the traditions of Classical Persian rug weaving design.
This understated c. 1930s Tabriz carpet, woven in lustrous wool (of the same grade as merino), boasts an effortlessly sophisticated design inspired by earlier weavings of the 17th & 18th Centuries, with an overall pattern featuring large-scale floral and scrolling vine motifs throughout. The rare ivory ground provides a wonderful backdrop to the motifs, rendered in gracefully aged vegetable-dyed colours, with notes of amber, ochre, various shades of blue and muted terracotta, all framed by a wide muted tan border of great proportions.
This early 20th Century Tabriz carpet is in very good practical condition for everyday use, retaining its outer borders on all sides.
A stylish example, with the versatility to blend in with a variety of tasteful settings.