Number 2129
Type Village
Material Wool
Style Medallion
Origin Serapi
Size 492 x 376
Age 1870
A real early Serapi, grand and dignified. The size is majestic and frankly unusual for such an early piece.
The age comes across in the rustic weave, the choice and excellence of the dye materials, the archaic border and the simple field decoration.
We can detect the weaver's skill and ambition in the multiple reds on display. Very subtle yet suavely smooth. The border is a pinkish, somewhat cherry red that may have an insect dye component. The corner spandrels are saturated madder red, verging on burgundy. The medallion is a more tomato red, lighter in tone.
The central indigo is radiant and utterly magnificent. All other blues are turquoise. What skill to balance such an interplay of ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ.
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You can't only be a customer of Hadi Maktabi. While his main purpose is rug dealing, he starts with story telling and ends with history selling. That's what I call high-end art curating and closing it all with an entertaining friendship. George El Hani, CEO Levica, Lebanon ๐ฑ๐ง
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