26186 - Hand-knotted Contemporary Chobi Ziegler /Modern Carpet/Rug / Size: 2'0" x 1'3"/61cm x 38cm 9'0" x 2'5" NR: 26326Location: Chobi ZieglerSize: 2'0"

NR: 26326Location: Chobi ZieglerSize: 2'0" x 1'3"/61cm x 38cmCountry: AfghanistanPile: WoolBase: Cotton

The central band is often decorated with the ground motif but border herati (diamond-shaped bands with floral heads both inside and surrounding) are also quite common

Carpet Production (Video)

while the two guards have rosette motif joined by a garland

Joshaghan and Khosrowabad carpets represent a group of provenances with very similar designs and colors

26186 - Hand-knotted Contemporary Chobi Ziegler /Modern Carpet/Rug / Size: 2'0" x 1'3"/61cm x 38cm 9'0" x 2'5" NR: 26326Location: Chobi ZieglerSize: 2'0"NR: 26186Location: Chobi ZieglerSize: 2'0" x 1'3" 61cm x 38cmCountry: AfghanistanPile: WoolBase: Cotton Introduction: In 1883, Ziegler and Co. of Manchester, England established a Persian carpet manufacturing company in Arak (Sultanabad), Iran, employing designers from major Western department stores, like B. Altman & Co. and Liberty of London, to modify fanciful 16th and 17th century Eastern designs for the more restrained Western taste. Using highly