Number CC435
Type Workshop
Material Wool
Style Pictorial
Origin Tabriz
Size 74 x 66
Age 1910
A rare portrait of the last Qajar Shah woven in Tabriz. He is still young so the rug was seemingly woven early on in his reign (1909-1925). It was probably based on a photograph taken in Tehran and sent to the workshop in Tabriz.
He seems to be enthroned in his royal palace at Niavaran, namely in the annex named after him whose construction he oversaw. The royal red background is striking.
The poshti size is rare and the quality of wool and weave quite unusually high grade for Tabriz in the Qajar period.
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