26298-Chobi Ziegler Hand-Knotted/Handmade Afghan Rug/Carpet Modern Authentic/Size: 3'2" x 2'0"/97cm x 61cm

26298-Chobi Ziegler Hand-Knotted/Handmade Afghan Rug/Carpet Modern Authentic/Size: 3'2" x 2'0"/97cm x 61cmNR: 26298Location: Chobi ZieglerSize: 3'2" x 2'0" 97cm x 61cmCountry: AfghanistanPile: WoolBase: Cotton CHOBI ZIEGLER Details: In 1883, Ziegler and Co. of Manchester, England established a Persian carpet manufacturing company in Arak (Sultanabad), Iran, employing designers from major Western department stores, like B. Altman & Co. and Liberty of London, to modify fanciful 16th and 17th century Eastern designs for the more restrained Western taste.

The diamond shape is usually light or dark blue and the field is almost always red and decorated with stylized plant motifs

Indeed its geographical position meant that for a long time goods exported from Iran to Europe went via Tabriz

as well as the boteh motif (a highly stylized leaf-like floral symbol

The reputation of carpets made in the central Persian city of Kashan was so high that

Base: CottonPile: Wool

Sometimes a conventionalized floral design is observed in the border

Chobi Ziegler

both in weave density and pile structure to their predecessor – the Gabbeh rug

their estate in Suffolk

CHOBI ZIEGLER

NR: 25748Location: KashanSize: 9'9" x 6'6" /297cm x 198cmCountry: IranPile: WoolBase: Cotton

NR: 24465