Shahsavan Khamseh Mafrash Panel

JBOC Attribution: Oriental Rugs - Persian Rugs - Hamadan Rugs - Khamseh Mafrash Panel

Shahsavan Mafrash Panel

I spotted this Shahsavan Mafrash Panel on www.Cloudband.com offered by one of the World's top experts in the field, my old friend John Wertime author of the landmark book Sumac Bags.

Trusted Resource List Rug & Carpet Dealers In The U.S. John Wertime.

Shahsavan Mafrash Panel detail

As soon as I saw this piece I was struck by the unusual design. Both the field devices and the main border are new to me. The only thing familiar to me is the repeating diamond minor border. When I spoke with John about this piece he mentioned that there are related examples in Parviz Tanavoli's Shahsavan Iranian Rugs and Textiles 1985 but that they are not identical. When I asked him about where he thought this panel is from he said it is Southern Shahsavan and that it is most likely from the Khamseh area. (Wertime O'Connell Telephone Conversation 12/09/00)

Shahsavan Mafrash Panel

• Size ; 84 x 38 cm

• Region West Asia > Persia > Northwest Persia > Shahsavan Type

• Mafrash panel

• Date/Period: 19th century : mid

• Materials wool.

• Condition good condition (small repairs)

• Full Description

• A rarely encountered type with bold graphics and good, old, colors. Very collectible (see John T. Wertime, Sumak Bags of Northeast Persia and Transcaucasia. 1998).

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Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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