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  • Number HA7178

  • Type Workshop

  • Material Wool

  • Style Prayer Rug

  • Origin Tehran

  • Size 213 x 135 & 208 x 137

  • Age 1880

Story

The most distinctive of all Qajar carpets are those woven in the palace workshops of Tehran in the famous Millefleurs or ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ซ ๐˜’๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช style. Derived from 17th century Mughal Indian masterpieces woven at the court of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb, they gained popularity at the court of Nassereddine Shah Qajar in the 1800s. Their rich directional designs are full of breathtaking floral forms, a thousand and one blossoms coming together to give the pattern its name. The common elements across all Millefleurs carpets are the symbolic ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ prayer niche and the ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ vase. Further aesthetic power is yielded by the use of attractive green dyes, a feature rarely seen on other 19th century carpets.

Here, we see all the above. Except doubled.
Here, we have twin Millefleurs rugs. Beauty raised to a higher power.

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