Isfahan – Central – Western Persia

Dexterously woven with a painter’s command of colour, this lush Isfahan brings a wonderland garden to life. Each blossom, leaf and bough is drawn with jewel-like clarity and a true mastery of chiaroscuro: sinuous trees — pines and cypresses among them — rise through luxuriant foliage on the ivory field, in powder blue, rose and sage. The terracotta border continues the garden, planted with flowering shrubs and enlivened by joyful birds. Isfahan was the imperial garden-city of Persia, and its weavers translated that paradise into wool with animated, expressive nuance. A cheerful rug, full of life.