14958 Dorokhsh semi-antique carpet garden of paradise 333 x 248 cm distressed worn to perfection
Doroksh semi-antique carpet garden of paradise 333 x 248 cm
Hand-knotted semi-antique carpet from East Persia, circa 1940. Dorokhsh carpets belong to the group of Chorasan carpets from the province of the same name. In addition to Doroshkh, this includes Semnan, Mesched, Birdjand and Neishapour.
Very decorativers piece with palm trees, trees of life, arabesques. Pile of sheep wool, warp and weft of cotton.
Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Minor structural damages. Minor fading.
A wonderful and hard to find Persian Dorokhsh rug with an ascending garden design. On a red filed, a pair of date palms, cypress and pomegranate trees are the motives at the lower end of the rug. Above a design with arabesques, flowers and lotus motives decorates this fine piece of Persian art. The borders are also filled with flowers. At the upper end, the rug is signed in all three borders - see third image. Condition The rug has the wonderful low pile and antique look, interior decorators are looking for. It is original aging and not the chemical dying and shaving like seen on most "vintage" rugs. All edges / selvedge are in very good condition. The foundation of this hand-knotted rug is fine spun cotton, the pile material is fine hand spun Persian highland wool. It was made in the 1930s-1940s (almost Midcentury) in the village of Birdjand in eastern Persia.
