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Mohammad
Seirafian
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The Seirafian Workshop was founded by Haj Agha
Reza Seirafian who died March 18, 1974. There were seven sons:
There are also to my understanding 24 Grandsons
who produce carpets. I do not have much information on the third
generation except for the sons of Mohammad Seirafian.
Mohammad Seirafian's three
sons are great masters in their own right. With a limited number of
examples my wife Jodi and I found the carpets of Bagher to be most
outstanding but we look forward to see more from Mojtaba and Mahdi. Of
the rest of the third generation I can say little. However a European
has a large assortment of mundane quality signed Seirafians which makes
me wonder if all maintain the quality that Mohammed's sons achieve. I
hope that we can get more examples and information on the whole family
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Seirafian Signatures
A worry today is counterfeit rugs with the Seirafian
signature. See Fake
Serafian Signatures. Mohammad Seirafian mentioned to me that
it was a problem with the old signatures but that they added a
signature in English and Farsi. Mohammad Seirafian said that he never
saw one of these forged. Still one should keep in mind that the older
Seirafians have the older signature. Provenance becomes important. It
is best to know where the rug has been.
Estimating Dates
It is not unusual to see a seirafian dated as early as
1920. The father and founder of the house Haj Agha Reza Seirafian did
not enter into the rug business until 1939. So wile there are Seirafian
Old Auction Notes:
Sale Title ORIENTAL RUGS AND CARPETS
Location London, King Street Sale Date Oct 14, 2004
Lot Number 106 Sale Number 6941
Creator BY MUHAMMAD 'ALI SEIRAFIAN, CENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1920
Lot Title AN ISFAHAN SEIRAFIAN CARPET
Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 British pounds
Price Realized Unsold
Special Notice No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at
17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT
inclusive basis
Lot Description AN ISFAHAN SEIRAFIAN CARPET
BY MUHAMMAD 'ALI SEIRAFIAN, CENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1920
The ivory field with overall scrolling arabesques with palmettes
issuing delicate flowering and leafy vine around a central tomato-red
and ivory medallion with pendants containing palmettes and flowering
vine enclosing a rosette centerpiece of similar design, the mid-blue
spandrels similar, in a shaded tomato-red border of palmettes linked by
delicate scrolling tendrils and serrated leaves between ivory and
mid-blue floral meander stripes, plain narrow tomato-red outer stripe,
signed at one end, "Iran Carpet, Isfahan, the order of Muhammad 'Ali
Seirafian", full pile throughout, minute spot stains in the central
field, may benefit from a light clean
11ft.5in. x 7ft.7in. (347cm. x 231cm.)
FINE ORIENTAL AND EUROPEAN RUGS AND CARPETS
SALE L09325
SESSION 1 | 21 Apr 99 2:00 PM.
London, New Bond Street
LOT 41
A fine Esfahan Seirafian rug
2,500—3,500 GBP
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 2,875 GBP
DESCRIPTION
A fine Esfahan Seirafian rug
Central Persia
with a signature cartouche reading: 'S Seirafian Esfahan. Iran'
183 by 113cm. 6ft. by 3ft. 9in.
Knotting V/Hcm: 12/11
Oriental
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Barry O'Connell 2004 - 2007
Last revised:
October 06, 2009.
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