Sold for:
$1,353
$1,353
Pair of Mounted Shahsavan Silk Bags, Northwest Persia, 19th century, two horizontal bands displaying gold, light blue, and apple green latch-hooked diamonds flanked by smaller bands containing stepped diamonds, both bands bisecting the red center panel enclosed by gold and medium blue stripes, 2 ft. 7 in. x 1 ft. 1 in. Provenance: From a Virginia collection. Literature: Published in Sumak Bags of Northwest Persia and Transcaucasia , John T. Wertime, P. 184, no.113; and Caucasian Carpets and Covers-the Weaving Culture , John Wertime and Richard E. Wright, P. 125.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-09-28
