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A KASHAN WOOL, PART SILK AND METAL THREAD SOUF MEDITATION CARPET, CENTRAL PERSIA,
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Description
circa 1900
Catalogue Note
PROVENANCE
Mirza Mohammad Hossein Kazerouni (1870-1932)
Haji Khanem Sadat Amin Kazerouni
Nayer Azam Kazerouni.(1926-1976)
Thence by descent
CATALOGUE NOTE
Mirza Mohammad Hossein Kazerouni (1870-1932), head of the Kazerouni family of Isfahan, was a prominent international businessman and philanthropist and set up the first textile mill in Iran (Vatan Textile). The carpet was passed to his daughter in law, Haji Khanem Sadat Amin Kazerouni on her marriage; she later gifted it to her eldest daughter, Nayer Azam Kazerouni(1926-1976).