拍品 238
238
AN ISFAHAN CARPET
PROPERTY FROM THE SPEED ART MUSEUM, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND (LOTS 205-243)
AN ISFAHAN CARPET

CENTRAL PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY

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AN ISFAHAN CARPET
CENTRAL PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY
Approximately 16 ft. 5 in. x 6 ft. 6 in. (500 cm. x 198 cm.)
来源
Bequest of Dr. Preston Pope Satterwhite, Great Neck, Long Island, New York and Palm Beach, Florida, 1949.

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The present Isfahan carpet, as well as lots 240 and 242, represent the pinnacle of Safavid carpet weaving during the reign of Shah Abbas (1587- 1629). In 1597, Shah Abbas moved the Persian capital to the city of Isfahan, where he established royal manufactories to produce carpets for export, as diplomatic gifts and for the Persian nobility. There was continuous demand for the carpets with their classic ruby-red grounds, spiraling tendrils and flowering palmettes. These carpets are among the finest ever created in wool and silk. Frequently featured in Dutch and Flemish paintings of this period, seventeenth-century Isfahan carpets later found popularity among American collectors.