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gentlewave:

A Qajar Tile Featuring The Virgin Mary and Child, late 19^th Century [Qajar Period], possibly Isfahan, Persia, Iran, depicted in shades of green, blue and manganese on white ground amidst floral sprays, 23 x 32 cm, private collection, source: christies.com.

Sovereign Carpets

Unknown Masterpieces from European Collections

Edited by: Edoardo Concaro, Alberto Levi

Skira, Milano 1999, 240 pages, 230 col.illustrations, 21 x 28cm, English,      ISBN  9788881186303

euro 43,00

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The book illustrates the extraordinary and very ancient art of rugs with a relevant selection of Oriental rugs—from the oldest to the ones produced in the late nineteenth century—belonging to European private collections, besides a set of rugs coming from the Russian ethnographic museum of St. Petersburg.
The fruit of long research within the rich private artistic patrimony, the catalogue assembles two hundred Oriental rugs from the 15th to the 19th century, coming from Persia, Anatolia, the Caucasus, central Asia, Tibet, Turkestan
and China.
The pieces featured in the volume cover vast chronological and geographical sections of the fascinating world of carpets; the aim of the book is both eclectic and simple: to present  very beautiful rugs belonging to private collectors and to give —through brief introductory chapters—an overview of the main carpet-weaving areas of the world.
A series of maps and a glossary of technical terms are designed to help the non professional reader.
There are several titles avaiable on carpets, but the peculiarity of this book is to illustrate many precious pieces from private collections, never shown to the public before.

05/04/22

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Sample designs from Heinrich Dolmetsch‘s “Historic Styles of Ornament”

1. Egyptian

2. Assyrian

3. Greek

4. Pompeiian

5. Japan

6. Chinese

7. Indian

8. Persian

9. Arabian

10. Moresque

livesunique:

Hariri’s House (Silk House), Tabriz, Iran,

Dating back to Qajar era (1789-1925), building has been registered on Iran’s List of National Heritage Sites, since January 17, 1999. 

@ Amir Hossein Mirmoeini