Number 1703
Type Workshop
Material Wool
Style Pictorial
Origin Tabriz
Size 167 x 120
Age 1909
Interesting fact: this rare pictorial depiction of the last Qajar monarch is sepia tinted with no other colors because it is inspired by / copied from a "black and white" photograph, as they were back in the very early 1900s.
It was woven in the famed Hajji Jalili atelier in Tabriz.
We see the young Shah in his regal attire in a solemn pose. He would have posed for hours and hours for the photographer. Who knows, perhaps an artist was painting him simultaneously.
The inscription at the bottom reinforces this historical background. It says:
The glorious king of the Constitution, Soltan Ahmad Shah Qajar, may God preserve his rule.
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