3974 Hamadan 6 ft x 13 ft 2 in (183 x 401)

An Irish carpet circa 1930’s using the Turkish Oushak Design vocabulary
A very unique carpet, this is an early to mid 19th century version of a very famous 16th century Spanish Alcaraz carpet currently in the Textile Museum. A Phoenix rises from the ashes, surrounded by wreaths. The scull & bones motifs in the original have been replaced here by statue heads (Socrates??). The latin inscriptions (in…