Number 851CH
Type Village
Material Wool
Style Pictorial
Origin Serapi
Size 60 x 60
Age 1887
Comrades, for our Armenian friends all around the world, we present you with another unique historical artwork. A brilliant antique Serapi Heriz emblazoned with the heraldic symbols of the ๐๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐.
It is dated 1887 (Julian or Gregorian).
The party name is inscribed as follows:
Social (bottom)
Democratic (right)
Hunchak (above ๐)
Party (left)
The SDHP is the oldest Armenian political party in the world; also the oldest/first socialist party to be active in the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and Persia (Iran). It was founded in Geneva and the takes its name from the Armenian word for โbellโ (signifying national awakening). Despite its political ideology it openly retains a clear cut Armenian identity by virtue of the religious cross emblazoned in the center between the hammer and the sickle.
This is a very important document for Armenian history and Near Eastern political history. The weave is very refined. I am quite impressed the SDHP commissioned a Serapi Heriz workshop to create this!
60 x 60 cm
Perfect condition
Available to museums, public institutions and leading private collections.
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