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Ararat Rugs Polonaise Carpet, 17th Century Museum Piece Revival, Natural Dyed

$8,800
£6,677.24
€7,634.82
CA$12,291.21
A$13,666.16
CHF 7,135.71
MX$166,350.41
NOK 91,048.59
SEK 85,308.18
DKK 56,980.10
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The source of the carpet comes from the book 'Oriental Rugs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, by Dimand, Maurice S., and Jean Mailey, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1973, fig.90.' If the so-called vase-technique carpets represented the triumph of Safavid workshop weaving in the seventeenth century, another group of Safavid carpets, popularly, if erroneously, known as “Polonaise” or “Polish” carpets, demonstrates the extent to which Safavid weavers would go to create flashy and expensive objects of conspicuous consumption. Polonaise carpets are believed to have been woven in state-controlled workshops in seventeenth-century Iran and were probably created specifically as royal gifts to noble supporters of the regime and to foreign dignitaries. Why Poland. In time-honored and still current Middle Eastern practice, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Seventeenth-century Roman Catholic Polish and Shi’ite Muslim Persian Kings had one thing in common: they were both opposed to the vast Sunni Muslim Ottoman Turkish Empire that lay between their two kingdoms. The exact example is exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET Museum). The most appropriate colors to match the original is used for this reinterpreted carpet. Color summary: 14 colors in total most used 4 colors are; Red 426 (madder root) Brown 411 (pomegranate skin) White 320 (only specially washed) Blue 409 (indigo) Group: Northwest Persia Rugs Family Area: Bidjar Material of Pile: Natural Dyed Hand-spun Wool Material Warp / Weft: Wool on Wool Structure: Symmetrical knot on depressed warp inclining to the right Knots Density: 39x39 Production Place: Southeastern Anatolia – Diyarbakir Stock Location: Tokyo Size (EU): 181 X 213cm Size (US): 5.11" X 6.11" Area (EU): 3.9m² Area (US): 41.5ft².
  • Creator:
    Ararat Rugs (Manufacturer)
  • Dimensions:
    Width: 71.26 in (181 cm)Length: 83.86 in (213 cm)
  • Style:
    Revival (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Natural Fiber,Organic Material,Wool,Hand-Knotted,Hand-Woven,Vegetable Dyed
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    2022
  • Production Type:
    New & Custom(One of a Kind)
  • Estimated Production Time:
    Available Now
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    Tokyo, JP
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 002641stDibs: LU8206232737612

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