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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE PARISIAN
COLLECTION
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A BIJAR CARPET
WEST PERSIA, LATE 19TH
CENTURY
Of 'Garrus' variant design, uneven
wear, selvages rebound, overall fair to
good condition
13ft.2in. x 7ft.8in. (403cm. x 235cm.)
£6,000-8,000 US$8,500-11,000
€7,000-9,200
The horizontal rows of elegant
interlocking leafy split-palmettes on
the present carpet form a repetitive
sequence that is an interesting variant
of the more common Garrus design. A
similar design variant can be seen on
a Bijar wagireh (Edoardo Concaro and
Alberto Levi, Sovrani Tappeti, Milan,
1999, p.86, pl.66). Similar large-scale
tre-foil palmettes appear on a carpet
sold as part of the Dani and Anna
Ghigo Collection, in these Rooms,
12 May 2016, lot 315 and another
sold in these Rooms, 2 May 2019, lot
238. The vivacity of colour and the
elegant design of these carpets lent
itself to the demands of the European
interior particularly in the second half
of the 19th century, and as a result a
number of examples are found today
in country houses through Britain and
Western Europe.

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