15 x 20 - Blue Antique Persian Sultanabad Rug - 79710
15 x 20 - Blue Antique Persian Sultanabad Rug - 79710
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Care Instructions
● Vacuum with the beater bar off and always in the direction of the pile.
● Rotate 180° every 6 months for even wear and sun-fade balance.
● Blot spills immediately with a white cloth—never rub.
● Use a breathable rug pad to prevent slipping and fiber stress.
● Schedule a professional hand-wash every 3–5 years (sooner for high-traffic or pets).
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Description:-
79710 Antique Persian Sultanabad Rug, 15'05 x 20'00.
The Celestial Orchard: A Late 19th Century Persian Sultanabad Masterpiece of Elegance
This hand knotted wool antique Persian Sultanabad rug, dating to the late 19th century, embodies the grand decorative vision that made Sultanabad carpets prized commissions for sophisticated residences during the Qajar era. A luminous light blue field provides an airy setting for an expansive allover botanical composition, where generously scaled blossoms, palmettes, rosettes, and sinuous foliage unfold with graceful freedom. Warm terracotta, brick red, camel, olive, and soft ochre enrich the palette, giving this stunning masterwork the patinated character and cultivated presence sought by collectors of distinguished Persian artifacts.
Across the field, stylized lotus palmettes and rosettes are joined by scrolling vines, serrated leaves, and flowering branches in an abundant floral network. Lotus forms traditionally signify purity, rebirth, and immortality, while rosettes evoke beauty, completeness, and divine order. Unfurling leaves speak to regeneration and the continuity of life, and the interconnected vinery expresses harmony between the natural and spiritual worlds. These iconic motifs to flow throughout the exceptional composition, creating the impression of an endless landscape in perpetual bloom.
The remarkable border introduces a succession of boteh and Tree of Life motifs against a warm terracotta ground. The boteh, one of Persia’s most enduring emblems, has been associated with flame, the universe, and everlasting life, while the branching Tree of Life symbolizes immortality and the connection between earth and heaven. Their alternating arrangement gives the perimeter a ceremonial rhythm, turning the enclosure into a symbolic procession of continuity, spiritual ascent, and prosperity.
A crenelated fence guard adds an architectural dimension, suggesting the protected boundaries of an enclosed Persian paradise, while a carnation meander brings a final note of floral refinement. Carnations have long been associated with affection, happiness, and flourishing life within Persian decorative arts. Monumental in scale yet remarkably serene in spirit, this exquisite work of art offers a rare union of symbolism, history, and artistic confidence—an extraordinary masterpiece capable of lending provenance, prestige, and enduring sophistication to an important interior.
- Abrash.
- Hand knotted wool.
- Made in Iran.
- Measures: 15'05 x 20'00.
- Pile Height: 0.14 of an inch.
- Date: 1880's. Late 19th Century.