The source of the carpet comes from the book How to Read – Islamic Carpets, Walter B. Denny, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014 fig.18. This is a vase-technique with a stellate central medallion carpet design 17th century from Kerman region, Persia. The design of the carpet shows a vigorous central eight-pointed star medallion; quarters of the same medallion in the four corners of the field and ornamented with floral forms contrasting with a dark border. In the field, a rich assortment of decorative but naturalistic flowers, campanula, narcissus poeticus, iris, willow shrub, rose, calendula, carnation, aster, lily, and fruit blossoms, is arranged a small but vigorous central eight-pointed star medallion ornamented with energetic interlacing arabesques and numerous small tchi forms. The border is filled with rosettes, blossoms and leaves, and a few tchi forms. The most appropriate colors to match the original are used for this rug.
Color summary: 11 colors in total, most used 4 colors are;
Lilac Rose 160 (Cochineal)
Charleston Green 50 (Spurge – Indigo)
Burlywood 135 (Spurge – Madder Root)
Natural Wool Color 320 (No Dye)
Group: South Central Persia Rugs Family Area: Kerman region Material of Pile: Natural Dyed Hand-spun Wool Material Warp / Weft: Wool on Wool Structure: Symmetrical knot on depressed warp inclining to the right Knots Density: 45x39 Pile (mm): 2 Production Place: Southeastern Anatolia – Diyarbakir - Lice Stock Location: Istanbul
Size (EU): 221 X 150cm Size (US): 7'3" X 4'11" Area (EU): 3.3m² Area (US): 35.7ft²
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