Number 1853
Type Workshop
Material Wool
Style Medallion
Origin Farahan
Size 87 x 85
Age 1850
The round format for such an old rug is arresting and quite unique really--perhaps only a handful of pre-modern rugs were ever created round. The provenance is harder to identify because the carpet seems to be a transition piece between the pre-Zeigler (pre 1860s) Farahan county rugs and the earliest examples of the Mohtasham atelier. Both were highly proficient and highly thought of. The wool and dye quality is akin to Mohtasham but the handle and the looser weave is more indicative of Farahan. Regardless, a top notch collector piece.
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