15116
MATERIAL: 100% WOOL
QUALITY: SENNEH, WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
IN STOCK: 4’2 × 6’6
A VERY FINELY KNOTTED ANTIQUE SENNEH RUG CHARACTERISED BY A DIAMOND-SHAPED MEDALLION PLACED WITHIN AN IVORY CARTOUCHE LAYERED OVER A INDIGO BLUE BACKGROUND. THE COMPOSITION IS COMPLETELY FILLED BY THE SO-CALLED HERATI PATTERN, WHICH CONSISTS OF A REPEATING UNIT OF FOUR SMALL STYLISED LEAFS SPROUTING FROM A CENTRAL ROSETTE. THIS PERSIANATE DESIGN WAS USED THROUGHOUT THE NEAR EAST, AS IT BECAME EXTREMELY POPULAR IN EUROPE, WHERE IS WAS LABELED ‘THE GENTLEMAN’S PATTERN.’
15116
MATERIAL: 100% WOOL
QUALITY: SENNEH, WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
IN STOCK: 4’2 × 6’6
A VERY FINELY KNOTTED ANTIQUE SENNEH RUG CHARACTERISED BY A DIAMOND-SHAPED MEDALLION PLACED WITHIN AN IVORY CARTOUCHE LAYERED OVER A INDIGO BLUE BACKGROUND. THE COMPOSITION IS COMPLETELY FILLED BY THE SO-CALLED HERATI PATTERN, WHICH CONSISTS OF A REPEATING UNIT OF FOUR SMALL STYLISED LEAFS SPROUTING FROM A CENTRAL ROSETTE. THIS PERSIANATE DESIGN WAS USED THROUGHOUT THE NEAR EAST, AS IT BECAME EXTREMELY POPULAR IN EUROPE, WHERE IS WAS LABELED ‘THE GENTLEMAN’S PATTERN.’
