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Silk Heriz 190 x 139 cm (6’ 3” x 4’ 7”) Persia, late 19th century Condition: very good, mostly good pile, minor small repairs Warp: silk, weft: silk, pile: silk A beautiful prayer rug made of the finest silk, finely woven in wonderful colors. Combined with an elegant, lively design, we have a perfect luxury item of the highest quality. Two large, slender columns support an elegantly curved, delicate arch, which is supported by two smaller, cut columns. The arch is unusually low, revealing more of the beautiful light blue spandrels. These are decorated with two red palmettes and loosely drawn spiral tendrils. The beige inner field harmonizes beautifully with the blue corners. In the center, between the columns, a gigantic bouquet of flowers dominates, rising to the very top. It rises from a vase and displays different flower and leaf shapes. In the side niches, we find larger flowers that appear to rise from a column capital. Simple flower tendrils fill the central red columns, which also appear in a more complex form in the red side borders. The dark blue main border is austere, with simple yet elegant corner solutions, thus keeping the exuberant field in check. The effort that went into this piece is also evident in the fact that absolutely every motif is surrounded by an extra-fine contour line.