Rare Shahsevan mafrash side panel

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Price €650 (EUR)

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head and shoulders with "signal strength" secondary elements.

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Item Details

  • Size

    98cm(W) x 54cm(L) / 3'3"(W) x 1'9"(L)

  • Condition

    top right hand corner is tattered, one small hole, attrition to sides, nicks at top and bottom, and small skinned areas. Many of the vertical slits, especially in the center of the guls, were secured with corrosive brown wool which (naturally) have corroded. This may be easily tidied up.

  • Structure

    all soumak

  • Materials

    wool, camel, and goat.

  • Full Description

    handle suggests a Bidjar provenance. Border is Afshar but the piece has only 2 blues. Unusual gul/medallion and secondary element(s). "(s)" because the top ones, though similar, are distinct from the bottom ones. Each is contained between a "head and shoulders" reciprocal space. I know of no similar examples.