Number HA7178
Type Workshop
Material Wool
Style Prayer Rug
Origin Tehran
Size 213 x 135 & 208 x 137
Age 1880
The most distinctive of all Qajar carpets are those woven in the palace workshops of Tehran in the famous Millefleurs or ๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช style. Derived from 17th century Mughal Indian masterpieces woven at the court of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb, they gained popularity at the court of Nassereddine Shah Qajar in the 1800s. Their rich directional designs are full of breathtaking floral forms, a thousand and one blossoms coming together to give the pattern its name. The common elements across all Millefleurs carpets are the symbolic ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ prayer niche and the ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ vase. Further aesthetic power is yielded by the use of attractive green dyes, a feature rarely seen on other 19th century carpets.
Here, we see all the above. Except doubled.
Here, we have twin Millefleurs rugs. Beauty raised to a higher power.
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