SOUTH WEST PERSIA,BASSERI TRIBE OF THE KHAMSEH CONFEDERACY,LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY.A FINE VIRTUALLY FULL PILED KHAMSEH MAIN CARPET.BEAUTIFUL COLOURS INCLUDING A YELLOW AND DEEP TURQUOISE ALONG WITH SOME MORE UNUSUAL ZOOMORPHIC AND TRIBAL MOTIFS WITHIN THE DARK BLUE/BLACK FIELD.DOMINATED BY THREE JOINED CENTRAL ELONGATED HEXAGONAL MEDALLIONS AND MATCHING SPANDRELS AND HALF MEDALLIONS This design appears to have been chiefly used by the Basseri. It occurs in combination with a number of different border solutions (see examples in literature). .ALL ENDS AND SIDES SECURED,FULL PILED THROUGHOUT.9 FOOT 11 INCHES BY 5 FOOT 4 INCHES. 303CM X 164CM. AT WIDEST POINTS. ALL WOOL PILE HAND KNOTTED ONTO WOOL FOUNDATIONS WITH AS USUAL WITH THESE EARLIER WEAVINGS THE WEFTS DYED TERRACOTTA.Comparison Design Features,BLACK, DAVID & LOVELESS, CLIVE, Woven Gardens. Nomad and Village Rugs of the Fars Province of Southern Persia. London 1979, no. 38 *** REINISCH, HELMUT, Sa...