Persian Carpet Polonaise

Large numbers of these antique rugs were exported to poland where they were highly prized by the aristocracy at a.

Persian carpet polonaise. Farš e irâni ˈfærʃe ʔiːɾɒːˈniː or persian rug persian. A persian carpet persian. Qâli ye irâni ɢɒːˈliːje ʔiːɾɒːˈniː also known as iranian carpet is a heavy textile made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purposes and produced in iran historically known as persia for home. At our retail store in durham you ll find an inventory of over 7000 handmade rugs an extensive variety of styles sizes designs colors and textures.

Polonaise carpet also called polish carpet any of various handwoven floor coverings with pile of silk made in eṣfahān and other weaving centres of persia in the late 16th and 17th centuries at first for court use and then commercially because the first examples of this type to be exhibited publicly in europe in the 19th century had come from polish sources it was assumed that these. Though polonaise carpets are relatively common the design of overlapping cartouches seen here is rare. In fact these carpets were made in iran and shipped abroad in large numbers. Carpets of indo persian design were introduced to europe via the dutch british and french east india companies of the 17th and 18th century and in the polish lithuanian commonwealth by armenian merchants polish carpets or polonaise carpets.

Polonaise carpets are renowned for their elegance and classic beauty. Many were also brought to europe by persian embassies as gifts from the shahs and some were commissioned in iran by visiting europeans. A carpet with a very similar field design and the same coloured reciprocal border can be seen in the museo nazionale del palazzo de venezia rome gifted by a mrs henrietta tower wurts in 1933 i. The most beautiful of these inspired jan kath to create his polonaise collection.

Antique plolonaise rugs and early persian carpets. While this piece is a pastiche it retains much of its integrity of design. Express yourself at the persian carpet purveyors of the finest and most diverse range of oriental rugs in the carolinas for more than forty years. High quality handmade oriental rugs.

In this rug soft luminescent tones are complemented with highlights of silver metallic thread that enhance sinuous vegetation and a variety of distinctly persian field designs. فرش ايرانى romanized. The persian designs were joined by european motifs and the carpets even showed the crests of the rulers. He reconstructed thecolors most of which had faded added his own motifs and use the antique finishing process as well as typical jan kath signatures to add.