Tschebull Antique Carpets

Pre-World War One Iranian “city” dozars
 

Major sources of Iranian “city” rugs and carpets, finely woven under supervision in urban workshops, are the smallish cities of Kashan and Isfahan, plus the area around Arak. Most existing examples date from after about 1930 and are woven with synthetic dyes and machine-carded and spun wool, and are usually as characterless as machine-woven rugs. Pieces from the period 1900 - 1910, as are the three pictured below, are another thing entirely, with sparkling natural dyes, complex designs, and hand-spun wool, but they are relatively rare. These three exhibit the most common design, a medallion and spandrels layout that is taken from Quran covers. Better rugs of this type are from known workshops. The first is an Atashogli (the workshop’s name) Kashan, with 350 kpsi, all wool pile, one of a pair, in complete and excellent condition; the second is an Ahmed Isfahan, slightly reduced in size and in very good condition, with cochineal reds, and the third is a dozar from Meghan, complete and in unworn condition.

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#1 4’6” x 6’9"

#2 4’6” x 6’9”

#3 4’5” x 6’4”