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Persian Tehran · 19th Century

Queen of Tehran

A singularly rare Tehran workshop piece of the nineteenth century — five years on the loom at a density of 650 knots to the square inch. Tehran wove far less than Kashan or Isfahan, and surviving carpets of this order are correspondingly scarce. The field is a study in restraint: warm beige lit with saffron yellow.

An unique and rare impertinent.
5 years in making.

Garden-of-paradise pictorial: cypress and flowering trees with lions, deer and birds around ivory-ground medallions — Tehran’s favoured paradise landscape.

Size
10′ × 7′
Style
Persian Tehran — Tehran
Era
19th Century
Pile
Wool on cotton
Foundation
Cotton
Weave
Hand-knotted
Dyes
Natural Vegetable
Condition
Excellent