Antique Senneh Malayer Pictorial Rug
No. 30770
Persia, Early 20th Century
4 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. 7 in.
(1.36 x 1.99 m)
A wool pile of symmetric knots on a wool foundation. The near black field shows men, women, children, lions, dogs, cats, sheep, birds, camels, storks, deer, bats and other fauna and avians, in an echelon layout, with the rows disappearing under the upper border. Strongly abrashed greyish blue border with a strongly stylized floral repeat. A most amusing piece of village work, naïve and without pretense.
