A SILK AND METAL-THREAD SOUF KASHAN PRAYER RUGCENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1890A SILK AND METAL-THREAD SOUF KASHAN PRAYER RUGCENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1890Overall excellent condition6ft.7in. x 4ft.5in. (201cm. x 135cm.)The knot count measures approximately 8V x 7H per cm. sq.The souf technique involves the design being piled as in a normal carpet. The ground however is flatwoven, allowing the design to stand out both physically and visually. The main structure of souf Kashan carpets has a central cotton core, but it is woven such that in the areas of flatwoven ground it is covered by the secondary silk wefts. When a souf carpet becomes worn you begin to see the cotton structure showing through the coloured silk ground.The colour in the field is given by the surface coloured silk warps and wefts. In most Kashan souf rugs and carpets these are both of a uniform colour. Sometimes one finds additional metal-thread wefting providing a silver field. A small number of souf carpets use this technical feature to create field and border designs that are different. The present rug is exemplary in its execution, design and colour, with a particularly attractive soft shade of green as its ground colour.细节 A SILK AND METAL-THREAD SOUF KASHAN PRAYER RUGCENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1890Overall excellent condition6ft.7in. x 4ft.5in. (201cm. x 135cm.) 注意事项 This lot will be removed to Christie’s Park Royal. Christie’swill inform you if the lot has been sent offsite. Our removal and storage of the lot is subject to the terms and conditions of storage which can be found at Christies.com/storage and our fees for storageare set out in the table below - these will apply whether the lot remains with Christie’s or is removed elsewhere.Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Christie’s Park Royal. All collections from Christie’s Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only.Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com.If the lot remains at Christie’s it will be available for collection on any working day 9.00 am to 5.00 pm.Lots are not available for collection at weekends. This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice. The USA prohibits the purchase by US persons of Iranian-origin “works of conventional craftsmanship” such as carpets, textiles, decorative objects, and scientific instruments. The US sanctions apply to US persons regardless of the location of the transaction or the shipping intentions of the US person. For this reason, Christie’s will not accept bids by US persons on this lot. Non-US persons wishing to import this lot into the USA are advised that they will need to apply for an OFAC licence and that this can take many months to be granted.