Malayer runner
Malayer runner
from western Persia
dated 1892
Size: 346 x 104 cm
List Price: $. 2,750
Sale Price: $. 2,200
Malayer is a township in western Persia where a predominantly kurdish population of weavers produce rugs of superior technical and artistic quality to the majority of so-called Hamadan carpets of the region. Technically, these pieces are finely knotted using only a single row of wefts between each row of knots in their construction. This gives a distinctive appearance to the back of the rug; a dotted pattern where the warps are exposed. The repeating stylised flower and stem motif interspersed with lots of charming stylised human figures dominate the dark indigo field. There are cartouches bearing inscriptions with a date at the top of the field. The Islamic date is 1331 A.H. which converts to 1892 C.E.