GRAND MASTER JAMSHIDI SILK

335 x 205

An intact, never used masterpiece by the most legendary of all the pure silk master weavers of Qom, the celebrated Mohammad Jamshidi. He was one of the first to start production in pure silk around 1960. He supplied my grandfather, my father, and myself with some of the most exquisite silk carpets over a 50 year period. This is one of the OG authentic MJ Jamshidi rugs, one that was woven 50 years ago. We have had it in our private collection since the 1970s as far as our archives tell me.

The design is incredibly rich and relies on the enormous tradition of Persian royal arts, from the Lion and Sun emblem of the Shah (hence the pre-1979 age of the carpet) to the Zirkhaki archaeological motifs.

It is in Time Capsule condition: meaning it was put in a Time Machine on the day it came off the loom and has only come out of it right now.