No. 7686, Dorosh

19th century, 275 x 156 cm

Internet price EUR 29500.-

Certificate Description

In the second half of the 19th century, East Persia, particularly the Meshed region, possessed carpet manufactories which produced very delicate carpets. Village communities like Dorosh or also families like the Amoghlis etc were well-known in Persia and offered carpets of special sizes, designs and qualities. In most cases, the colouring was similar. The shades of red, in particular, were very much alike. It was a special bordeaux red with a certain portion of blue. Up to this day, this colour is called meshed red. The carpet shown here was probably made by a village community for the Golestan Palace in Teheran. Until the revolution in the 1970s three of these similarly knotted and patterned carpets were kept in one of the Palace`s rooms. The pattern consists of stripes with boteh motifs. Eleven stripes are arranged in the longitudinal direction. The middle longitudinal axis displays a main stripe which is accompanied by similar stripe motifs arranged in mirror-like repetition from the left to the right. A homogeneous mirror-like field pattern is thus created. The stripes do not differ in the colouring, but in the representation of the boteh motifs. The border surrounding the inner field also displays a stripe pattern, but in combination with other motifs. The main border is ornamented with a double arabesque pattern. Between these arabesques lie palmettes. The accompanying borders are formed by three stripes with delicate flowers which frame the inner and the outer sides in a mirror-like arrangement. The border is thus integrated into the enclosed inner field.