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Qashqai Millefleur, Persia, second half 19th century. 208 x 157 cm (6ft. 10in. x 5ft. 2in.); Warp: wool, weft: silk, pile: wool. Lot: 158, Austrian Auctions, Vienna, 22 April, Estimate: € 14.000 – 18.000. The origins of this design were discussed in relation to a silk Qashqa’i rug from the Azadi Collection in the November 2016 sale, in which the arguments that Cyrus Parham, Iran’s leading rug scholar, puts forward about the Iranian rather Indian origins for this design were laid out. The rugs made in the workshops of the Qashqa’i tribe in the 19th century with this design show a remarkable consistency in design and colour through to the introduction in the early 20th century of an additional inner border to the field. There are two ways in which to distinguish the better examples within this group: the first being the use of natural dyes combined with silk wefts in the foundation as occurs in this example here; the second relates to the drawing of the millefleur field pattern. In the finer and older examples, the spacing between the flowers is greater and the movement of the design rises through the design rather than simply becoming a profusion of flowers filling all of the ground.

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