Carpet of Esfahan
The carpet of Esfahan is a type of Persian carpet.
The carpets of Esfahan are among the first to be known and appreciated in Europe. The first specimens, out of gold and money raised wire silk, had been offered by it by Shah Abbas to Western dignitaries. After the invasion by the Afghans, the craft industry of the carpet is almost abandoned. The carpets are again manufactured starting from the beginning of the 20th century and quickly find their prestige thanks to the paperboards of the ostad (“main”) to which the craftsmen remain very faithful.
Description
They are always carpets with flowers, generally decorated of a medallion in the center. Sometimes the four corner pieces (corners) take again the reasons for the central medallion. One finds also carpets on subjects, decorated scenes of animals in a decoration of flowers. Another typical decoration is that of the " vase of fleurs". With the one of the ends of the field a vase is of which overflow of long flowered branches filling all the field (which often has the form of a niche). The edge is made up of broad band central surrounded by two decorated narrow bands of rosettes and festoon, they-even flanked of two very narrow bands.The colors are very varied, with alternations of dark and clear colors.
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