Antique Silk Tabriz Rug 3'9'' X 5'8''

Description

A finely woven city silk in the Turkish style with an ecru field with a scalloped top suspending a mosque … more A finely woven city silk in the Turkish style with an ecru field with a scalloped top suspending a mosque lamp and flanked by two ornamental columns supporting a deep spandrel panel. Above and below are supplementary straw and ecru panels with turtles patterns or rows of diamond rosettes. Straw border with palmettes and rosettes in the Ghiordes Turkish manner. This type of Tabriz was popular around 1900 with the designers adapting classic Turkish town designs to urban Persian standards. Good condition. less