#6298 • Fine Wool & Silk Persian Tabriz Rug, Iran, 6’8″ × 9’10″

Part of The Royal McLean Mansion Downsized: Property of a Princess · Furniture & Decor · Lalique · Rugs · Fine Art (live auction by Prime Auction Solutions)

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A finely hand-knotted Persian Tabriz rug from Iran, woven in wool with silk highlights on a cotton foundation. The design is the classic Tabriz center-medallion format: a deep navy-blue field filled with dense, scrolling palmette and floral vinework, centered by a rose/salmon lobed medallion with an ivory heart and pendant finials, flanked by matching salmon corner spandrels over ivory, all framed by a broad salmon main border of turtle-palmette and vine between multiple guard stripes. Silk is used to pick out details, giving the pile a subtle sheen and crisp definition against the wool ground. Tabriz, in northwestern Iran, is one of the oldest and most celebrated Persian weaving centers, prized for exactly this kind of precise, curvilinear floral drawing. A handsome, richly colored room-size carpet. Measures 6’8″ × 9’10″.