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Antique Jaf Bag Face
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for sale €3,510     $3,810
£3,000
Farnham Antique Carpets

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    Specialists in antique decorative carpets, rugs and runners.
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Antique Jaf Bag Face

19th century
Description

This is a beautiful late 19th century Kurdish Jaf bag face, that has been carefully sewn onto a hessian wrapped wooden frame, which can be hung on a wall.  A really wonderful way to use these amazing antique bag faces as art for the wall.  The size of the frame is 58 cm high x 66 cm wide, and the size of the Jaf bag is 50 cm high by 56 cm wide.

Woven by the Jaf tribe in Kurdistan, these tribal bags would have originally been used as storage bags, and would have had a kilim backing which usually gets worn away from this wool piled front of the bag.  Over 130 years old the dyes on these bags are still vibrant, being natural dyes, and there is corrosion to the diagonal black/brown dye which runs between the diamond shapes.  As this black/brown colour had lots of iron properties in the wool and as it has corroded over 100 plus years it leaves an embossed effect with the wool diamonds.  The pale blue dyes, reds and greens are really lovely and this bag face is in excellent condition with no damage.  As the bag face has been carefully sewn onto the frame it can be removed at any point too.

Purchase this antique Jaf bag via our secure checkout and we can safely wrap it and courier to your home.  Or please book in a home visit or showroom visit to see this wonderful wall hanging up close.

Physical Dimensions
Height
58cm (22.83")
Width
66cm (25.98")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
Declaration

Farnham Antique Carpets has dated this Antique Jaf Bag Face to the 1890s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1073453
Dealers Internal Reference
11226
Dealers Notes

Farnham Antique Carpets are specialists in antique decorative carpets, rugs and runners. Varying from antique tribal rugs woven in the Caucasus to classical Persian carpets dating from the mid 19th century to the early 20th century.

As members of the BADA - The British Antique Dealers Association and LAPADA - The Association of Art & Antique Dealers we adhere to strict guide lines as affiliated members and pride ourselves on maintaining its high standards. We exhibit at the BADA fair in Chelsea, London every March and the LAPADA Fair in Mayfair, London every September.

Description
This is a beautiful late 19th century Kurdish Jaf bag face, that has been carefully sewn onto a hessian wrapped wooden frame, which can be hung on a wall.  A really wonderful way to use these amazing antique bag faces as art for the wall.
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  The size of the frame is 58 cm high x 66 cm wide, and the size of the Jaf bag is 50 cm high by 56 cm wide.
Farnham Antique Carpets
fig 1. A square antique woven wool Jaf Kurdish bag face featuring geometric diamond lattice patterns in blue, red, ochre, and cream colours.
fig 1. Antique Jaf Bag Face

Woven by the Jaf tribe in Kurdistan, these tribal bags would have originally been used as storage bags, and would have had a kilim backing which usually gets worn away from this wool piled front of the bag.  Over 130 years old the dyes on these bags are still vibrant, being natural dyes, and there is corrosion to the diagonal black/brown dye which runs between the diamond shapes.  As this black/brown colour had lots of iron properties in the wool and as it has corroded over 100 plus years it leaves an embossed effect with the wool diamonds.  The pale blue dyes, reds and greens are really lovely and this bag face is in excellent condition with no damage.  As the bag face has been carefully sewn onto the frame it can be removed at any point too.

fig 2. A square antique woven wool Jaf Kurdish bag face featuring geometric diamond lattice patterns in blue, red, ochre, and cream colours.
fig 2. Antique Jaf Bag Face

Purchase this antique Jaf bag via our secure checkout and we can safely wrap it and courier to your home.  Or please book in a home visit or showroom visit to see this wonderful wall hanging up close.

Height
58cm (22.83")
Width
66cm (25.98")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
Date of Manufacture

Farnham Antique Carpets has dated this Antique Jaf Bag Face to the 1890s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1073453
Dealers Internal Ref
11226
Farnham Antique Carpets
Farnham Antique Carpets
Sellingantiques verified Since Oct 2018

Specialists in antique decorative carpets, rugs and runners.

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You can view the stock and full dealer information on the Farnham Antique Carpets Profile Page

Trade Associations

Farnham Antique Carpets is a registered member of LAPADA  BADA 

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A square antique woven wool Jaf Kurdish bag face featuring geometric diamond lattice patterns in blue, red, ochre, and cream colours.
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Archive I A square antique woven wool Jaf Kurdish bag face featuring geometric diamond lattice patterns in blue, red, ochre, and cream colours.

Antique Jaf Bag Face

Archive II A square antique woven wool Jaf Kurdish bag face featuring geometric diamond lattice patterns in blue, red, ochre, and cream colours. View II
Archive III A square antique woven wool Jaf Kurdish bag face featuring geometric diamond lattice patterns in blue, red, ochre, and cream colours. View III
Archive IV A square antique woven wool Jaf Kurdish bag face featuring geometric diamond lattice patterns in blue, red, ochre, and cream colours. View IV
Archive V A square antique woven wool Jaf Kurdish bag face featuring geometric diamond lattice patterns in blue, red, ochre, and cream colours. View V
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Archive IX A square antique woven wool Jaf Kurdish bag face featuring geometric diamond lattice patterns in blue, red, ochre, and cream colours. View IX
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Archive XI A square antique woven wool Jaf Kurdish bag face featuring geometric diamond lattice patterns in blue, red, ochre, and cream colours. View XI
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Surrey
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A square antique woven wool Jaf Kurdish bag face featuring geometric diamond lattice patterns in blue, red, ochre, and cream colours.
Antique Jaf bag face
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A Jaf (or Jaff) bag face is a hand-woven textile panel, originally crafted by Kurdish Jaf nomadic tribes as the decorative front section of a dual saddlebag, known as a khorjin, used for transport and storage.

These textiles are hand-knotted using hand-spun wool pile woven onto a wool foundation, featuring natural dyed yarns made from plants and minerals.

Authentic pieces feature signature repeating diamond lattice patterns with stepped or latch-hook borders, saturated dark indigo and madder red dyes, and asymmetrical hand-knotted weaving.

Small tribal bag faces are frequently mounted as framed wall art, placed over tabletop surfaces, or converted into decorative accent cushion covers to add geometric pattern and texture.

Display the textile away from direct sunlight to prevent colour fading, vacuum gently without a rotating brush bar, and seek professional textile conservation for spot cleaning or colour stabilization.
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