Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this piece to the 1900s.
It looks as if the weaver gathered together as much natural-dye wool as she could find, including camel-hair, and desperately requiring a flat-weave to knead the dough for making bread, she used all that wool to make this woven work of art! I love it! I love the creativity that these tribal women put into everyday, utilitarian items like this sofreh, made specifically for their own use and never intended to be sold or bartered.
Imagine this hanging on the wall? Forget a Mondrian or Klee! This is true tribal art.
Size: 1.19m x 1.12m (3' 11" x 3' 8").
Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this piece to the 1900s.
Dealing in antique and old tribal rugs, dowry weavings and decorative carpets from the near east and central asia since 1979.
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Antique Bread Sofreh, Kamo, Central Persia.
