AN AFSHAR SOFREH, SOUTH PERSIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
AN AFSHAR SOFREH, SOUTH PERSIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
"This rug is formed of shawl-inspired vertical bands of varying widths and colours containing numerous small floral and boteh elements. It has the usual Afshar multiple borders (7). The main one consists of a diagonal-banded pattern. Another consists of double opposed rows of delicate bird-like forms. The ends of the rug have panels in weft-float brocading with geometrical forms on a red or brown background. The knotting is symmetrical on madder-coloured warps. Wefts are of a similar colour with 2 and sometimes 4 shoots. The warp ends are braided after a narrow band of kelim weave." (Benjamin, op.cit., p.8). Approximately 113 x 110cm
The Collection of Professor Paul R Benjamin
For an introduction to the collection, please see Lot 193 in this sale
Please note that there MAY be restrictions on the import of property of Iranian origin into the USA and some or all member countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council. Any buyers planning to import property of Iranian origin into any of these countries should satisfy themselves of the relevant import regime. Olympia Auctions will not assist buyers with the shipment of such items into the USA or the GCC. In addition, FedEx and US courier services will no longer carry Iranian-origin goods to any location. Any shipment services would need to be provided by a Fine Art shipping company.
LITERATURE:
Benjamin, Paul, South Persian Rugs, Bags and Saddle Covers: from the collection of Paul R Benjamin, 3rd ed., 2004, pp. 8-9
"These small barrel-shaped fine rugs with a flexible weave form a special group of Afshars that are well known in the rug literature (Hali, issue 6 page 135, 1979). Their small size and high quality suggests may have had been used as a sofreh, perhaps for special guests. They vary in the details of their central field but examples with this vertical-band design are known in the rug literature (Herrmann, E., Seltene Orienttepiche IV, pl 71., 1981; Hali, issue 155 page 155, 2008)." (Benjamin, op.cit., p.8)
Condition Report:
Lovely quality, pile quite thin, a couple of small splits which would benefit from conservation
AN AFSHAR SOFREH, SOUTH PERSIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
"This rug is formed of shawl-inspired vertical bands of varying widths and colours containing numerous small floral and boteh elements. It has the usual Afshar multiple borders (7). The main one consists of a diagonal-banded pattern. Another consists of double opposed rows of delicate bird-like forms. The ends of the rug have panels in weft-float brocading with geometrical forms on a red or brown background. The knotting is symmetrical on madder-coloured warps. Wefts are of a similar colour with 2 and sometimes 4 shoots. The warp ends are braided after a narrow band of kelim weave." (Benjamin, op.cit., p.8). Approximately 113 x 110cm
The Collection of Professor Paul R Benjamin
For an introduction to the collection, please see Lot 193 in this sale
Please note that there MAY be restrictions on the import of property of Iranian origin into the USA and some or all member countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council. Any buyers planning to import property of Iranian origin into any of these countries should satisfy themselves of the relevant import regime. Olympia Auctions will not assist buyers with the shipment of such items into the USA or the GCC. In addition, FedEx and US courier services will no longer carry Iranian-origin goods to any location. Any shipment services would need to be provided by a Fine Art shipping company.
LITERATURE:
Benjamin, Paul, South Persian Rugs, Bags and Saddle Covers: from the collection of Paul R Benjamin, 3rd ed., 2004, pp. 8-9
"These small barrel-shaped fine rugs with a flexible weave form a special group of Afshars that are well known in the rug literature (Hali, issue 6 page 135, 1979). Their small size and high quality suggests may have had been used as a sofreh, perhaps for special guests. They vary in the details of their central field but examples with this vertical-band design are known in the rug literature (Herrmann, E., Seltene Orienttepiche IV, pl 71., 1981; Hali, issue 155 page 155, 2008)." (Benjamin, op.cit., p.8)
Condition Report:
Lovely quality, pile quite thin, a couple of small splits which would benefit from conservation
