Persian Carpet Polonaise

Antique polonaise rugs embellished with threads in precious metals antique polonaise rugs are among the most elegant and lavish of the court productions made under the safavid dynasty in iran during the seventeenth century.

Persian carpet polonaise.

At our retail store in durham you ll find an inventory of over 7000 handmade rugs an extensive variety of styles sizes designs colors and textures. Antique plolonaise rugs and early persian carpets. The persian designs were joined by european motifs and the carpets even showed the crests of the rulers. Though polonaise carpets are relatively common the design of overlapping cartouches seen here is rare.

A carpet with a very similar field design and the same coloured reciprocal border can be seen in the museo nazionale del palazzo de venezia rome gifted by a mrs henrietta tower wurts in 1933 i. Farš e irâni ˈfærʃe ʔiːɾɒːˈniː or persian rug persian. A persian carpet persian. Sabatini polonaise carpets in baroque rome oriental carpet textile studies vii icoc 2011 pp 100 fig 1.

قالی ايرانى romanized. In this rug soft luminescent tones are complemented with highlights of silver metallic thread that enhance sinuous vegetation and a variety of distinctly persian field designs. The most beautiful of these inspired jan kath to create his polonaise collection. Qâli ye irâni ɢɒːˈliːje ʔiːɾɒːˈniː also known as iranian carpet is a heavy textile made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purposes and produced in iran historically known as persia for home.

Carpets of indo persian design were introduced to europe via the dutch british and french east india companies of the 17th and 18th century and in the polish lithuanian commonwealth by armenian merchants polish carpets or polonaise carpets. In fact these carpets were made in iran and shipped abroad in large numbers. Polonaise carpets are renowned for their elegance and classic beauty. High quality handmade oriental rugs.

He reconstructed thecolors most of which had faded added his own motifs and use the antique finishing process as well as typical jan kath signatures to add. Express yourself at the persian carpet purveyors of the finest and most diverse range of oriental rugs in the carolinas for more than forty years. Many were also brought to europe by persian embassies as gifts from the shahs and some were commissioned in iran by visiting europeans. فرش ايرانى romanized.