IRAN KIRMAN CARPET - Lot 472

IRAN KIRMAN CARPET Mid 20th century, Shah period. Wool pile on cotton backing. Density approx. 7,000 knots per dm2. Ruby-red field decorated with scrolls of fine crenellated stems terminating in palmettes of flowers and foliage finely drawn in polychrome, in twists framing a large central poly-lobed rosette crowned with flowers in navy blue, old gold, ivory and old rose. Four spandrels with motifs echoing the central medallion. Midnight-blue main border decorated with interlacing floral bulbs and circles of finely drawn branches with foliage. 620 x 339 cm. (Good condition.) Bibliography: Edwin Gans-Ruedin (splendor of Persian carpets), J.Anquetil ( le grand guide du tapis ), Fabio Formenton ( le livre du tapis ), Enza Milanesi ( les tapis ), Andrew Middleton ( le tour du monde des tapis d'orient).