(Connoisseur-Caliber) ("New Arrivals Gallery") With their peerless innovation and endless variety of designs, the best 19th-century Bakshaish carpets thrill both novice and seasoned rug collectors with their impressive, unaffected creativity. A bi-partite jewel-shaped medallion of dark indigo and bright ivory drifts on an unadorned sea of carnelian, rippled by immensely refined abrash striations. Four esoteric motifs surround the center, pointing to the cardinal directions. Each resembles a mountain enshrouded by curling fog or (simultaneously) some exotic flower type. Scintillating cerulean spandrels present playful abstractions resembling tribal masks and primitive toys. All four corner pieces are connected by outer channels containing endearing pinwheels, cubist blossoms, and wildfowl. Its unique color palette sprung from carefully crafted specialty brew from exhaustively discovered dye recipes now lost to the mists of time. A favored design in the merrily animated border presents elemental oak leaves, modernist rosettes, and painterly abrash shading from periwinkle to celadon. As though spared for its originality, it remains in fantastic condition for collection, investment, and years of delighted use in the home.

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