Kerman Vase-Technique Carpet

The source of the carpet comes from the book How to Read - Islamic Carpets, Walter B. Denny, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014 fig.18. This is a vase-technique with a stellate central medallion carpet design 17th century from Kerman region, Persia. The design of the carpet shows a vigorous central eight-pointed star medallion; quarters of the same medallion in the four corners of the field and ornamented with floral forms contrasting with a dark border. In the field, a rich assortment of decorative but naturalistic flowers, campanula, narcissus poeticus, iris, willow shrub, rose, calendula, carnation, aster, lily, and fruit blossoms, is arranged a small but vigorous central eight-pointed star medallion ornamented with energetic interlacing arabesques and numerous small tchi forms. The border is filled with rosettes, blossoms and leaves, and a few tchi forms. The most appropriate colors to match the original are used for this rug.

Color summary: 11 colors in total, most used 4 colors are;

• Lilac Rose  160 (Cochineal)
• Charleston Green 50 (Spurge - Indigo)
• Burlywood  135 (Spurge - Madder Root)
• Natural Wool Color  320 (No Dye)