SENNEH CARPET (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), Northwest P - Lot 426

SENNEH CARPET (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), Northwest Persia, circa 1940-1960 194 x 136 cm This carpet is embellished with numerous palmettes forming rosettes on an ivory background. It is framed It is framed by a samovari border set between fine floral counterborders. The town of Senneh or Sanandaj has long been renowned for the finesse of its carpets, in terms of both knotting and weaving execution, and decorative motifs. Kurdistan wool is long and lustrous, but dry and rough, accentuated by short shaving. Senneh carpets, often with a silk warp and a single, tightly-woven cotton weft thread, are finely knotted. very finely knotted. Bibliographical reference: Sabahi T, "Splendeurs des tapis d'Orient", Ed. Atlas, Paris 1987, p. 109 to 111 Wear and fraying Expert | Alexandre Chevalier