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An antique Ziegler carpet, Sultanabad area, ca 418 x 330 cm

Estimate
25 000 - 30 000 SEK
2 370 - 2 850 EUR
2 500 - 2 990 USD
Hammer price
Unsold
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Christopher Stålhandske
Stockholm
Christopher Stålhandske
Head Specialist Carpets, textiles and Islamic works of art
+46 (0)708 19 12 58
An antique Ziegler carpet, Sultanabad area, ca 418 x 330 cm

Around 1880. Terracotta coloured ground with large indigo blue medallion and corner ornaments. An ivory main border with a stylized vine.

Some partly hard wear, slightly dirty, stains, repairs, insignificant holes, fold wear.

More information

Ziegler & Co was a Swiss-British company based in Sultanabad (now Arak). The company distinguished itself from other producers in Sultanabad in several ways: first, by designing many of its own carpets with European tastes in mind.
Secondly, it maintained its own yarn dyeing plant at Sultanabad, thereby controlling the quality of dyeing. It appears that the company was also innovative in making small sample rugs (vagireh) as models for their weavers to work from.
By all accounts, the business was very successful. The new production of good, cheap Persian carpets from Ziegler & Co helped to change the prevailing style of interior design in the last decades of the 19th century.