Heriz Silk#y443, king mozafaredin shah qajar, coronation, 1896 empire

Museum quality silk , heriz, king coronation rug . Mozafaredin shah qajar , 1896.  . 46x56,multiple restorations, leather backing,  128 years old.

this design of mehrab is repeated in Azarbayejan region, eastern turkey but fiber and colors , luster , salvage , differ.
Heriz region on slopes os month sabalan is copper rich.
You will see many copper hughes in vegetable dyes and more flexibility of fibers ( both in wool as well as silk ) the local sheep grow on high copper content , plants and water.
This is commemorating, mozafareldin shah qajar coronation. 1890s.
He was a prince residing in tabriz , till becoming a king moving to tehran. My grandfather’s father was his personal body guard . “ yavar khan” later head of iranian army and poisoned and killed by Russians since he had avoided russian association of mozafaredin shah “ father of democracy in Iran .” The back of rug indicates possibly even older. Ardebil, shah sivan , moghan plateau have thousands years of history, and very deep roots in ancient weaving.