Vase-technique Carpet with Overlapping Cartouches, 17th century, Made in Iran, probably Kirman or Isfahan, Cotton (warp), silk (weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile, Rug: L. 189 in. (480.1 cm), Textiles-Rugs, The tightly controlled pattern of compartments is formed by overlapping cartouches, which are exceptionally varied in coloring and adorned with finely drawn palmettes growing from a vine system. In its floral forms, technical structure, and rich color scheme, this carpet is related to the so-called Vase carpets, believed to have been made in Kirman in southern Iran
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Vase-technique Carpet, Overlapping Cartouches, 17th century, Iran, Kirman, Isfahan, Cotton, warp, silk, weft, wool, pile, asymmetrically knotted pile, Rug, L, 189, 480.1 cm, Textiles-Rugs, tightly, controlled, pattern, compartments, formed, overlapping cartouches, exceptionally varied, coloring, adorned, finely drawn, palmettes, growing, vine system, floral forms, technical structure, rich color, scheme, carpet, related, Vase carpets, believed, southern Iran
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