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The reading room
Carpets
Tribal Kurdy Quchan
The Tribal Kurdy Quchan is a rare and collectable Persian. With a tree of long life design full of pomegranates, grapes, pears, birds and flowers in centre and Cyprus trees on ends. Dating back to the later 20th Century. This carpet is hand spun using natural vegetable dyes. Made up of wool with golden silk …
Farah Dombeh Bakhtiari
Farah Dombeh is both rare and collectable. The abstraction of the “gul farang” (foreign flowers), make the work very distinctive. This stylised floral design was in use before the French modernist movement.
Qashqai Gebbeh
Gebbehs are simple rugs made for home use in the tent, rather than for the bazaar. In their simplest form the gebbehs were made with undyed wool, with long pile, and no pattern. They were slept on and under in the cold winters. This one is the work of a talented weaver, with a repeating motif of peahens on …
Saveh Qum
This is an exceptional Persian rug from the Saveh Qum region of Iran. A rare and collectible rug within the Persian umbrella, it is made from wool with silk flowers and silk base. The design is that of a tree of life, stylised with flowers, birds and butterflies. A hand made piece from the late …