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 A SILK SOUF KIRMAN RUG
 SOUTH PERSIA, CIRCA 1900
 Woven on orange silk warps, with light wear and corrosion in the upper half,
 overall very good condition
 6ft.4in. x 4ft.4in. (193cm. x 132cm.)
 £6,000-8,000  US$6,900-9,200
 €6,900-9,200
 The knot count measures approximately 9V x 8H knots per cm. sq.  ■*238
          A SILK AND METAL-THREAD SOUF
          KASHAN PRAYER RUG
          CENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
          Overall excellent condition
          6ft.7in. x 4ft.5in. (201cm. x 135cm.)
          £8,000-12,000       US$9,400-14,000
                                €9,300-14,000
          The knot count measures approximately 8V x 7H
          per cm. sq.
          The souf technique involves the design being
          piled as in a normal carpet. The ground however
          is flatwoven, allowing the design to stand out
          both physically and visually. The main structure
          of souf Kashan carpets has a central cotton core,
          but it is woven such that in the areas of flatwoven
          ground it is covered by the secondary silk wefts.
          When a souf carpet becomes worn you begin to
          see the cotton structure showing through the
 236      coloured silk ground.
          The colour in the field is given by the surface
          coloured silk warps and wefts. In most Kashan
          souf rugs and carpets these are both of a
          uniform colour. Sometimes one finds additional
          metal-thread wefting providing a silver field. A
          small number of souf carpets use this technical
          feature to create field and border designs that
          are different. The present rug is exemplary in its
          execution, design and colour, with a particularly
 ■237     attractive soft shade of green as its ground colour.
 A SILK TABRIZ RUG
 NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
 In overall very good condition
 6ft.1in. x 4ft.3in. (185cm. x 130cm.)
 £6,000-8,000  US$6,900-9,200
 €7,000-9,200
 The knot count measures approximately 8V x 8H per cm. sq.







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