A SILK HERIZ PRAYER RUG

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25.04.2024 10:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1178252
Lot 202 | A SILK HERIZ PRAYER RUG
A SILK HERIZ PRAYER RUG

NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1870

Overall very good condition

6ft.6in. x 4ft.4in. (198cm. x 133cm.)





Provenance

Andrew R. Dole, Illinois, USA

Sold Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., Massachusetts, 13 August 1970, lot 66

George Farrow, personal catalogue, 1993



Inscribed

The inscription cartouche reads farmayesh 'Albin, baft Iravani - 'commissioned by Albin, woven by Iravani' - and below it the number seven



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