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Shirvan Rugs: NW Persian Harshang Fragment Rare Elements

Rare Elements NW Persian Afshan Fragment

I spotted this NW Persian Afshan (Harshang) Fragment on www.Cloudband.com offered by Beau Ryan, a dealer on our Trusted resource List, Rare Elements

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Late 18th/Early 19th Century Fragment

PRICE USD 1,900.00 (US DOLLAR)

Size: 157 x 132 cm

Full Description: Beautiful fragment of a NW Persian long rug. Killer color especially in the border. Lots of old repairs.

A small point but this pattern is not actually an Afshan. It is a closely related pattern called a Harshang. I suspect that this piece is early 19th century. These rugs were made in the Caucasus (Baku) until the early 19th century then in the face of the Russian advance there is a division in the Harshang type rugs. The weavers who stayed in the Caucasus evolved into what we see later as the Karagashli. This is not one of those. Other weavers moved to Persian Azerbaijan where they produced these rugs in the Tabriz area. This border says Tabriz to me while the body remains true to it's Baku antecedents.