In The World Of Antique Articles, It Has A Value Beyond Price. Let’s Discover How A Persian Rug Became A Piece Of Treasure.
Who doesn’t like to embrace the beauty of their house with astonishing accessories and décor? From having the latest technology of gadgets to one of its kind-antique flooring, we all have our preferences when it comes to fascinating entities. However, when it comes to flooring, you might feel like getting your hands on everything with so many options available.
When compared to other flooring solutions, a carpet offers several advantages from enhancing the beauty of your home to functionality and sustainability. They aren’t merely used as floor coverings around the globe, but also have the power to transform the mood and look of any space. This month, we have the Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet, which is not just extremely delicate and elegant, but also expensive.
Known in the world as the most expensive carpet, there lies the complex design and vital history of this alluring red carpet. For decades, collectors and academics have been mesmerised by the carpet’s pattern and the stories it has to tell. One of the 25 Middle Eastern and Asian carpets from Sotheby’s William A. Clark Collection auction, held in June 2013 was the Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet. The Carpet broke all prior records for the sale of an Islamic carpet.
A stunning 17th-century carpet with a sickle-leaf pattern was finally sold to an unidentified bidder after a 10-minute multi-bidder battle. The item, which was most likely woven in Kirman, has a unique grace and yet displays remarkable craftsmanship despite its age. The rich colours, intricate patterns and designs are beautifully weaved in wool piles, cotton warp, and cotton thread to make up the carpet. A mesh pattern is used to delicately finish the fringes. Its rarity and record-breaking price were influenced by all of these qualities.
A phone call from an unidentified buyer yielded the winning offer for this unique product. The most-costly carpet in the world was made in the modern-day Iranian city of Kirman in Southeast Persia. The beginning of the 17th century is thought to be the manufacture date. The measurements of this work of art are 2.67 m by 1.96 m. William A. has had this particular antique in his collection for a very long time. William Clark was a politician and businessman who collected a sizable collection of American and European artwork. Many of the rugs in his collection date from the 16th and 17th centuries. A trader in Paris is thought to have sold the Persian rug to billionaire, businessman and politician William Clark while he was travelling Europe in the early 1900s.
