Number YC103
Type Workshop
Material Wool
Style Medallion
Origin Tehran
Size 220 x 135
Age 1900
An imposing ghaliche sized rug from the royal looms of Tehran epitomizing the high fashion of the Qajar Age. A complex arrangement of floral forms and lotus arabesques intricately make up the various layers of this stupendous small carpet. As a side note, this is the only Tehran I have seen that does not possess a corner solution suggesting it may have been designed by a non-Persian.
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