Soumak

Sultanabad

An ivory field carries an allover lattice of scrolling vinework and palmettes rendered in rust, steel blue, dusty pink, and soft gold, with small rosettes filling the interstices in a dense, repeating pattern. A slender pale blue guard stripe separates the field from the wide indigo border, whose ground bears a continuous run of angular blossoms and leaf forms in matching rust, blue, and cream tones. Both ends finish in a long, undyed warp fringe.

Mahal

The coral-salmon field is filled with an all-over lattice of scrolling vines, palmettes, and serrated leaves rendered in slate blue, tan, and ivory, arranged in mirrored quadrants around a central vertical axis. A narrow ivory guard stripe separates the field from the wide indigo border, which carries a repeating chain of palmettes and small floral sprays; a slimmer outer band continues the same blue ground with a delicate rosette vine.

Sultanabad

An ivory field carries a dense, repeating lattice of small palmettes and rosettes in rust, slate blue, and sage, with dark navy spandrels folding into each corner and filled with denser floral sprays. The wide main border on a deep brown ground shows a run of alternating palmettes and rosettes linked by curling vine, framed by narrower guard stripes of small-scale blossom-and-diamond patterning in pink, cream, and blue.

Sultanabad

The rust-red field carries an allover lattice of scrolling vinery bearing large palmettes in ivory, pale blue, and soft gold, interspersed with serrated leaves and smaller rosettes. A dark brown-plum border encloses the field, filled with a repeating floral vine, framed in turn by narrower ivory guard stripes patterned with small blossoms and trailing stems. The corners resolve the central medallion arrangement symmetrically, with a partial red medallion-like burst visible near the upper field.

Mahal

An overall lattice of diamond-shaped compartments fills the rust-colored field, each cell enclosing small serrated leaf forms in ivory, slate blue, and ochre. A narrow ivory guard stripe separates the field from the wide indigo main border, which carries a repeating rosette-and-vine pattern in cream, gold, and green, flanked by slimmer floral and reciprocal stripes in matching tones.

Ziegler Sultanabad

An ivory field carries a lattice of scrolling vine work supporting large palmettes and cusped medallions in rust, plum, gold and slate blue, arranged in a symmetrical vertical progression down the length of the piece. The main border, a deep indigo ground, repeats a rhythm of angular blossoms and serrated leaves in the same rust and gold palette, framed by narrow guard stripes of small-scale floral trellis.

Ziegler

Commissioned by Ziegler & Co. 

An open field of soft camel supports a dense lattice of palmettes and serrated leaves in ivory, rose, and dusky rose, interrupted midway by a horizontal band of muted teal-green that shifts the rhythm of the pattern. The main border, a rich rust ground, carries alternating palmette and vinework medallions in cream and pale gold, framed by a narrow ivory guard stripe patterned with small rosettes. Colors throughout remain soft and slightly faded, giving the surface an even, weathered warmth.

Mahal

An overall lattice of palmettes and serrated leaves spreads across a rust-colored ground, connected by curling vine stems in ivory, slate blue, and sage green. The deep indigo border repeats alternating rosettes and angular palmettes within narrow guard stripes of cream and rust, echoing the field's palette. The pattern runs edge to edge without a central medallion, giving the surface a continuous, all-over rhythm.

Ziegler Sultanabad

Commissioned by the Anglo-Swiss firm of Ziegler & Company. Provenance; 2nd Viscount Camrose, Hackwood Park.  The ivory field with an overall design of angular floral vines with palmettes & bold cusped serrated leaves in a bottle green border of palmettes & angular floral vine between shaded pink, ivory & mustard yellow meandering palmette vine stripes.

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