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tabriz hand woven floral design with silk higlights

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,170.00 USD Estimated At:6,552.00 - 11,466.00 USD
tabriz hand woven floral design with silk higlights
made of fine quality lamb's wool/part pure silk pile on cotton foundation, all natural vegetable dye, incorporating a beautiful free flowing allover floral pattern; finished off beautifully with an intricately done floral border. most tabriz rugs have a powerful red or blue with contrasting ivory background while this one benefits from a strong ivory background and beautiful creme, biege and pale green tone. softer greens, blues and browns are added to meet modern tastes and interiors. tabriz is the host to some of the most beautiful rugs in the world and can have the price tag to match.the popularity of tabriz rugs dictates that all ranges of sizes, shapes, qualities and materials will be used. however, in general a good tabriz rug will be of a high standard, medium to large in size and made with fine, soft wool and the rug you are about to bidding is one of them. tabriz, located to the north-west, is iran's second oldest city and has been at the centre of the rug-making world for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. due to the sheer size of the rug industry in tabriz the design as well as quality varies greatly. this is partly caused by tabriz's exposure to high levels of world trade as well as being a central hub for carpet export in iran. tabriz rugs can be found in limitless designs. below is an example of a very popular tabriz rug. size9 x 6 feet.
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