Proveniens: Dansk privatsamling, tidligere i den velrespekteret købenkavnske tæppehandler Michael Brüel samling.

Carl Michael Nordlien Brüel(f. 1917- d. 1985) var i sine yngre år kunstmaler, hvor bl.a. Rostrup Bøyesen og Lundstrøm var hans lærere her i landet – og fra begyndelsen af 1950erne Fernand Léger i Paris, hvor Michael Brüel hørte til kredsen med bl.a. Richard Mortensen og Robert Jacobsen. Siden grundlagde han forretning med orientalske tæpper i Kompagnistræde i København. Forretningen udviklede sig til at indeholde en enestående samling af sjældne tæpper og Michael Brüel var en af vore allerbedste tæppeeksperter. Han medvirkede i tv-serien “Matador”, hvor han bl.a. spillede mandolin ved Agnes og Lauritz Jensens bryllup.

The famous Kashani “Mohtasham” workshop was founded by the master weaver Haji Mollah Mohammad Hassan Mohtasham in c. 1845 and continued by his two sons after he retired in the mid-1880s. The weavings of the Mohtasham workshop is associated with carpets of the highest quality within Persian workshop pieces. For more information on Mohtasham carpets, see: Siawosch Azadi’s article ‘The Mark of Mohtasham’. HALI, Issue 160, 2009, pp. 66–73.

Ahmad Shah Qajar (B. 21 January 1898 – Died in France, 21 February 1930) was Shah of Persia from 16 July 1909 to 15 December 1925, and the last ruling member of the Qajar dynasty. Ahmad Shah was born in Tabriz and ascended the throne at the age of 12 after the removal of his father Mohammad-Ali Shah by the Parliament on 16 July 1909. Due to his young age, his uncle, Ali-Reza Khan, took charge of his affairs as Regent. Upon reaching his majority Ahmad Shah was formally crowned on 21 July 1914.