Reference n°: 78J/ D357

Origin: Iran

Region: Tabriz

Period: Mid-19 th

Composition: Wool on Cotton

Dimension: 395 x 305

Exceptional and rare Persian carpet executed in the northwest of Iran - Tabriz region for the palace of the King of Persia.

This magnificent carpet was entirely handmade, very tight stitches in wool on cotton, with vegetable dyes.

The main field is decorated with floral motifs and animals evoking the royal hunt.

An exceptional border decorated with Kayam poems frames this carpet.

Tabriz is the capital of East Azerbaijan, a province of Iran. It is an ancient city with a history dating back some 4500 years. Archaeologists have found evidence of this in excavations near the Blue Mosque.

The city has a long and eventful history: Although the early history of Tabriz is shrouded in mystery and legend, the origins of the city are believed to date back to remote antiquity, perhaps even before the Sassanid era (224-651 AD). The oldest stone tablet with a reference to Tabriz dates from the time of Sargon II, the Assyrian king. The tablet refers to a place called "Castle of Tauri and Tarmkis". Historians believe that this castle was located on the site of the present Tabriz. It was the capital of Azarbine in the second century AD or under the Mongol Ilkhans dynasty (1256-1353), although for some Maragheh had supplanted it.