381262
Songhor Rug
Persia
155 x 102 cm
5' 1" x 3' 4"
Semi-old
£700.00
The highly regarded rugs of Songhor, a renowned weaving village in the broad Hamadan knotting region of North West Persia, are distinguished by the highly imaginative and expressive design approach, luminous and uniquely distinctive colours and sumptuous pile texture which are displayed to such striking effect in this very accomplished specimen. 19th Century examples of the type are numbered among the most prized of all West Persian peasant rugs, with their most distinguished descendants emulating both their technical and aesthetic achievement
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