KACHAN carpet woven in the workshops of the master weaver MORTACHEM (Persia), late 19th century Dimensions : 195 x 130cm Technical characteristics : Wool velvet on a cotton background. A midnight blue background delimited by spandrels with pastel arabesques, supports a mandorla-shaped brick counter field, with an oblong marine cruciform crenellated medallion in the centre and a polychromatic ivory vegetalized corolla in the heart. The whole is covered with delicate floral stems and scrolls with multicolored corollas. The main midnight blue border is a succession of flowers on stems and is flanked by four ivory counter-borders, with flowers and chess pieces. Very high standing.

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