A TABRIZ CARPETOF SAFAVID ARDEBIL DESIGNapproximately 576 x 374cmProvenance: Previously part of the furnishings of Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire. A photograph reveals it to have previously been placed in the dining halls there.Wentworth Woodhouse is a Grade I listed country house in the village of Wentworth in South Yorkshire, England. The house has over 300 rooms and covers an area of more than 2.5 acres (1.0 ha), and is surrounded by a 180 acre (73 ha) park, and an estate of 15,000 acres (6,100 ha).The original Jacobean house of Wentworth Woodhouse was rebuilt by Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham (1693-1750), and vastly expanded by his son, the 2nd Marquess, who was twice Prime Minister, and who established Wentworth Woodhouse as a Whig centre of influence. In the 18th century, the house was inherited by the Earls Fitzwilliam who owned it until 1979, when it passed to the heirs of the 8th and 10th Earls, its value having appreciated from the large quantities of coal discovered on the estate.