Garden Carpet 17th Century

The origins and imagery of garden carpets of 16th and 17th century persia the magnificent 17 th century wagner garden carpet in the burrell collection in glasgow scotland represents a genre of carpets inspired by the paradise gardens of ancient persia.

Garden carpet 17th century.

Garden carpet most of the literal representations of gardens that appear in persian carpets combine an aerial or bird s eye view of the classic four part garden chahar bagh with bands and squares of pavilions trees flowers and birds shown in vertical projection. چار باغ chār bāgh meaning four gardens is a persian and indo persian quadrilateral garden layout based on the four gardens of paradise mentioned. Wool cotton and silk weft. Later garden carpets from the eighteenth century tend to be more stylized with geometric forms and angular drawing.

The oldest surviving and most beautiful carpet of this type is a very large example almost 29 feet long that belongs to the. The most expensive carpet in the world is a 17th century persian vase style carpet afshar collection which was sold in june 2013 in an london auction for 33 8m. Lent by glasgow life glasgow museums on behalf of glasgow city council. The earliest best examples of garden carpets dating from the late 16th or early 17th century are in museums at jaipur in india and at glasgow.

The wagner garden carpet central iran early 17th century the burrell collection glasgow the actual bottom of the carpet is shown on the left with a pond in the center and the channels of. Charbagh on an incomplete persian garden carpet 17th century charbagh or chahar bagh persian. It s also one of the most unique with a creative design and a bounty of birds beasts and blossoms that whisk the viewer into the. Due to its large size and condition 5 5m x 4 3m this safavid carpet has only been displayed twice in the last 30 years.

Its construction required four years. An eighteenth century fragment in the metropolitan museum of art in new york illustrates this idea with its overall design similar to the present carpet in the arrangement of birds trees and flower beds however drawn with more. They were apparently made at kermān and share characteristics of weave and colour with vase carpets.

A later simplified group of garden carpets shows the bold varied coloration of kurdistan. The carpet of wonder in the sultan qaboos grand mosque in muscat in the sultanate of oman measures 4 343 square metres 46 750 square feet. From the burrell collection with the approval of the burrell trustees. Sir william burrell s prized 17th century persian wagner garden carpet is believed to be the second most important iranian carpet in the uk after the ardabil carpet at the v a museum.