Lot 482 D α

The Cologne City Hall Carpets An Iranian carpet

Auction 1208 - overview Cologne
17.11.2022, 14:30 - Decorative Arts - Sculpture Bronze Furniture Textiles
Estimate: 9.000 € - 12.000 €

The Cologne City Hall Carpets
An Iranian carpet

Vegetable dyed woolen carpet with a design of palmettes, flowerheads and interwoven tendrils on midnight blue ground with brick red borders. Some localised staining, insect damage in one corner, fringes restored. 976 cm x 449 cm.
Iran / Tabriz, PETAG, 1937 - 1942.

According to the Cologne city authorities, this carpet accompanied the larger example in the Hansa Hall for many years.

Provenance

City of Cologne.