TEBRIZ silk carpet (warp, weft and silk velvet),... Lot 516

TEBRIZ silk carpet (warp, weft and silk velvet), Northwest Persia, circa 1940-1950 1.59 x 1.03 m Due to its proximity to Turkish ports, Tebriz developed an important trade with Europe and thus became a major center of carpet production. From the end of the 18th century, large carpet factories were established there. Tebriz carpets are characterized by a high quality and fineness of knotting and have a wide variety of designs: the classic central medallion design with four spandrels, the vase design, the full field herati design, figurative or landscape designs, prayer rugs or garden rugs. "In fact, there is a very large variety of Persian carpets: - The carpets of factories in which the models or cartoons are rewoven several times in the denture; a master of telier or "ustad" directs the work by chanting: "a red knot, a green knot, two blue knots, etc." It is no longer the creative work of a single craftsman that gives the spirit of the carpet, but the technical prowess of the craftsman, the harmony of the cardboard and the colors, the quality of the wool that determine the beauty and success of the carpet. Let us quote the masterpieces of the great masters of the region of Tabriz (Djaffer, Hajji Jalil), or of Keschan (Mortashem), Kirman and Isfahan. Carpets from village workshops (Senneh, Hamadan, Shiraz, Ferrahan) - Or weavings of nomadic tribes, such as the Khasgai of the Shiraz region: the weaver creates his own model. ( ) All materials are used throughout Persia: the warps can be made of sheep's wool, goat's hair, or even camel's hair, cotton, silk. Velvet can be knotted in wool or silk, cotton can also be used to enhance certain patterns. Bibliographical reference: Chevalier, D and de Pazzis-Chevalier, N, cataloque d' xposition " Des tapis inoubliables ", Galerie Chevalier, Paris, 1988, p.37 This carpet is decorated with a small elongated ivory medallion, surrounded by a garland of flowers, on a plain green polychrome background. The whole composition is decorated with four spandrels. A red border with garlands of flowers is framed by two ivory counter-borders. Stains Expert l Alexandre CHEVALIER