A LARGE PERSIAN RASHTI-DUZI EMBROIDERY,19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART400558

With a central panel of dense flower design and a border of botehs enclosing flower sprays. 236 by 136 cm.

CATALOGUE NOTE Rashti-Duzi refers to embroideries woven in the city of Rasht in Northern Iran. Woven for over 400 years, famed for their intricately embroidered details and borders of woven ‘Boteh’ (Paisley motifs).