Number AH882
Type Workshop
Material Wool
Style Pictorial
Origin Kashan
Size 70 x 65
Age 1317 (1899)
Frankly, a very Royal Qajar Carpet.
Woven with the finest, softest, shiniest Manchester Kork wool, spun in the Victorian textile mills of Great Britain and imported at great cost to Persia where it was intended to be used for formal abayas and turbans. Instead, the skilled entrepreneurs of Kashan put it to good use in their carpets.
The royal dynasty's coat of arms is proudly displayed beneath the glittering crown: no jewels, entirely in wool!
Full pile, original ends
Woven with love in Kashan circa 1890
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