Number 1856
Material Wool
Style Flowery
Origin Afshar
Type Tribal
Size 152 x 119
Age 1885
A rare tribal rug from the Afshar nomads, with compartments depicting flowering vases. Excellent and high grade natural dyes that are cleverly uses with a negatively colored central column of compartments offsetting the light side of the ones to the right and left. The pattern is quite intricate and indubitably has urban provenance, most likely from nearby Kerman carpets that in turn were inspired by European Romantic art of the 1800s.
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