Lot 12
  • 12

A Tabriz pictorial rug, Northwest Persia

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Wool, pile
  • approximately 183 by 133cm; 6ft., 4ft. 4in.
the large inscription: 'hilafet-i islamiye sultan abdulhamid[in] devr-i saltana[tin]da', ('The Islamic Caliphate in the sultanate of Sultan Abdulhamid'); the various captions are of names of places in the Ottoman Empire and Europe, including Anatolia, Kars, Erzincan, the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Cyprus, Rumelia; Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzogovina, England, France, Austria, Germany, Italy. Sultan Abdulhamid (r.1876-1909) is identified with a caption underneath the picture of him on a swing. 

Condition

Overall measurements; 128cm across the top, 133cm across the bottom, 184cm the left hand side, 183cm the right hand side. Pile 3mm. Scattered localised re-piling, mainly top right quadrant in madder field, one 5 by 3cm, as visible in illustration. Ends trimmed and secured. Sidecords reovercast. An interesting and unusual design. A conversational piece ready to place.
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