An ivory ground carries an all-over lattice of scrolling palmettes and lobed cartouche medallions in rust, ochre, and sage green, arranged in a repeating diagonal pattern across the field. The main border is a deep petrol blue filled with rosettes and serrated leaves, framed by narrower guard stripes of camel and cream floral vining. Coloring throughout is soft and slightly faded, with rust and blue as the dominant accents against the pale ground.
This elegant and important carpet epitomizes the finest weaving produced by Ziegler & Company, one of the first European firms to begin designing and producing large carpets in Persia specifically for a discriminating Western clientele. Ziegler carpets are known for their beautiful composition, exceptional artistry, the use of the finest wool, as well as vivid natural vegetal dyes.
An octagonal medallion field in a deep rust-red ground is filled with an overall diamond lattice of scrolling vine, hosting small palmettes and rosettes in blue, ivory, and soft green. Ivory spandrels at each corner carry sprays of angular, saw-toothed leaves in rust and slate blue, and the composition is enclosed by a dark indigo border of repeating rosettes and palmette forms between narrow secondary guard stripes in rust and ivory.
An overall lattice of scrolling vine and palmette forms spreads across a mustard-gold ground, punctuated by small polychrome rosettes in coral, ivory, and slate blue that repeat in a mirrored, symmetrical arrangement top to bottom. The wide dark indigo border carries a continuous rhythm of stylized floral cartouches connected by curling stems, framed by narrower coral and cream guard stripes with small repeating blossoms. The overall palette stays within gold, rust, indigo, and cream, with the pattern density concentrated at the corners and midpoints of the field.
Commissioned by Shah Abus for Persian Courts
The deep teal field carries an allover repeat of cypress-like trees and vases sprouting curling ivory tendrils, interspersed with palmettes in rust, gold, and pale blue. A rust-ground border filled with rosettes and scrolling vine frames the field, flanked by narrower guard stripes in ivory and blue with small floral devices.
The deep indigo field carries an overall lattice of angular, sickle-leaved vines forming a diamond trellis, each compartment centered by a rosette in rust, ivory, and pale blue. Interspersed cloud-band and palmette forms in camel and light blue break the lattice rhythm, with a large radiating floral medallion emerging at the lower end of the field. A wide ivory border of scrolling floral vine encloses the field, framed by narrower guard stripes in rust and dark blue patterned with small rosettes.
An overall lattice of scrolling floral palmettes and rosettes fills the rust-red field, rendered in muted blue, ivory, soft green, and camel tones. A dark chocolate-brown border with a repeating floral vine encloses the field, framed by a series of narrower ivory and tan guard stripes. The pattern runs edge to edge without a central medallion, giving the field an open, continuous quality.
The dark navy field is filled with a dense allover pattern of scrolling floral vines, palmettes, and rosettes rendered in gold, rust, and sage green, with a central pole-medallion axis of blossoms running top to bottom. A wide rust-red border carries a repeating floral and leaf lattice, framed by narrower gold and secondary guard stripes with small angular motifs.
Commissioned by the Anglo-Swiss firm of Ziegler & Co.
