Shahsevan mafrash side panel

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Price €600 (EUR)

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Item Details

  • Size

    94cm(W) x 54cm(L) / 3'1"(W) x 1'9"(L)

  • Condition

    all original but uneven pile with skinned areas, missing part of guard border at the top and bottom, distressed bottom corners, and chunks missing out of the bottom border.

  • Structure

    pile, symmetric knot

  • Materials

    wool, camel, and cotton.

  • Full Description

    One of the things that I like to look for in Shahsevan weavings is traces of their history; early Turkoman iconography, Turkish/Seljuk characteristics, etc. Here we see a righteous Turkey red with an early anatolian kelim green. A rare, early, pile Shahsevan mafrash panel.