SB-390 · Textiles

Heriz palace carpet

c. 1890 · Northwest Persia

$112,000

One of one. Price is firm unless Sally says otherwise in person.

A large Heriz with a madder medallion and an ivory border. It covered a dining-room floor in Milwaukee for forty years. The size is the one it was woven, not a cut-down.

Materials

Wool pile, cotton foundation

Size

14 ft 2 in × 10 ft 8 in

Condition

Full pile in the field. Two small old reweaves at one end, marked on the diagram. It has been washed. The colors have not been painted back in.