The source of 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 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. Vivid colors are chosen by our designers for this rug.
Color summary: 11 colors in total, most used 4 colors are;
Pale Green 439 (Chamomile - Indigo)
Jericho Jade 25 (Spurge - Indigo)
Burlywood 135 (Spurge - Madder Root)
Natural Wool Color 320 (Natural Sheep's Color)
Size:
4 ft 9 in x 7 ft 2 in ( 148cm x 220cm )
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