26166 - Hand-knotted Contemporary Chobi Ziegler /Modern Carpet/Rug / Size: 3'3" x 1'6"/99cm x 46cm 10'0" x 2'8" NR: 26307Location: Chobi ZieglerSize: 3'1"

NR: 26307Location: Chobi ZieglerSize: 3'1" x 2'0"/94cm x 61cmCountry: AfghanistanPile: WoolBase: Cotton

while the rest of the field is decorated either with floral designs or with the herati motif reproduced in a small size and repeated to cover the whole background (herati motifs are diamond-shaped geometric forms with floral heads both inside and surrounding)

Another decoration that is typical of this area is the one known as ‘vase of flowers

NR: 25491Location: Hamadan Size: 9'4" x 2'6" /284cm X 76cmCountry: Iran Pile: Wool Base: Cotton

The designs usually comprise of simple linear geometric expressionist designs rendered from the imagination and characteristic of the simple nomadic life of these pastoral groups

26166 - Hand-knotted Contemporary Chobi Ziegler /Modern Carpet/Rug / Size: 3'3" x 1'6"/99cm x 46cm 10'0" x 2'8" NR: 26307Location: Chobi ZieglerSize: 3'1"NR: 26166Location: Chobi ZieglerSize: 3'3" x 1'6" 99cm x 46cmCountry: AfghanistanPile: WoolBase: Cotton Introduction: In 1883, Ziegler and Co. of Manchester, England established a Persian carpet manufacturing company in Arak (Sultanabad), Iran, employing designers from major Western department stores, like B. Altman & Co. and Liberty of London, to modify fanciful 16th and 17th century Eastern designs for the more restrained Western taste. Using highly