N. 4011, Farahan, Ferahan (Sultanabad) ANTIQUE (late XIX century) - Iran
Size: cm 512 x cm 240 = 12,29 m2
Workmanship: hand knotted on a vertical loom with asymmetric knots.
Density of the knots: 35 Raj (rows of knots) in 7 cm., 250,000 in a square metre.
Thickness: 5 mm.
Border: rounded..
Quality: ANTIQUE, rare example.
Materials: warp cotton; weave cotton; knots; natural wool.
Design: floral, without central medallion, decorated as a flowered field with the Herati motif (a central rosette with two leaves), border with two inner frames also decorated with the tulip design in the centre and two bunches of flowers along the sides. (Laleh va Daste Gol Ha)
Colours: ground: dark blue, central band and border; other colours: ivory, turquoise, dark and light blue, green, rust, light brown and hazel.
Restoration: restoration work; careful moth-proofing washing; repair of the double knot chains on the fringe ends using old cotton; renewal of the selvedges on the two edges using old wool. All the restoration work was carried out by highly skilled Iranian personnel in 1979.
Dating: late XIX century.
Condition: good the rug is whole, without any restoration on the field and with even wear over the entire surface. Private collection: Province of Rimini
Date of latest appraisal: 03/10/2015
Estimated value: € 36,700.00
Details: Click on the photograph to enlarge the image
Central medallion of the rug, shown hanging
Border of the rug, shown hanging
Spandrel of the rug, shown hanging
Spandrel of the rug, shown on the floor
Restoration of the border and the chain of the fringes
Knot count of the rug, shown on the floor
The rug shown hanging on the wall
