Christopher and Angela Legge Oriental Carpets
A fine antique Shekarlou carpet
(c. 1850 to c. 1890 Iran)
Medium
Wool on a wool foundation
Signed/Inscribed/Dated
2nd half 19th century
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Width
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160.00cm wide
[62.99 inches wide]
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Height
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275.00cm high
[108.27 inches high]
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Literature
Cyrus Parham, Masterpieces of Fars Rugs. Soroush Press, Tehran,1996
Condition
Excellent
Description / Expertise
An excellent example of this type of Quashgai rug with the characteristic comb motif.
Cyrus Parham in his important publication on Fars rugs (Masterpieces of Fars Rugs,Tehran 1996)dates a similar piece to the late 18th/early 19th century (Plate 1, pp.44-45)
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