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MALAYER PALACE CARPET

MALAYER PALACE CARPET

  • Number 1714

  • Type Village

  • Material Wool

  • Style All Over

  • Origin Malayer

  • Size 720 x 360

  • Age 1318 Hijri (1899)

Story

It is indeed a wonderful world when you stumble across such startling masterpieces of folk art and cultural resonance.

This is the largest Malayer I have ever seen. It is also the most ambitious 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐑𝐞𝐫 & 𝐂𝐑𝐒π₯𝐝 or 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐑 carpet I have seen. The scale is gigantic really. A mighty Lion 🦁 and Sun 🌞 element proudly stands at each corner of the field. This is the ancient 𝐒𝐑𝐒𝐫 𝐨 𝐊𝐑𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐑𝐒𝐝, the emblem of Persian royalty and kingship. Which confirms this carpet was commissioned for a royal palace.

It survives in perfect condition and has a most attractive border of calligraphy in π™‰π™–π™¨π™©π™–π™‘π™žπ™¦ Persian poetry. In the lower border we read that the carpet was commissioned on the occasion of 𝐄𝐒𝐝 𝐀π₯ π†π‘πšππ’π«, a very important occasion for Shia Iranians. The upper border tells us this was in the Hijri year 1318 (1899 CE).

The photo is not in highest resolution given the sheer scale of dimensions. Please email or DM me for crisper full photos and detailed closeups.

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