Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this piece to the 1900s.
Here we see an opened-up tacheh, showing the complete weaving as it was made.
This tacheh is in complete, original condition with its original goat-hair loops at the top, used for handling the sack.
The centre bottle-shape is in knotted-pile in a checkerboard pattern with brocaded chevrons at the top. On one side of the bottle-shape, the plain-weave is undecorated whereas on the other side, the decoration is in vertical stripes with small symbols interspersed. Symbolically, I believe the plain side represents the bare earth, with the decorated side representing the growrth of wheat and the chevrons indicating the wheat being poured into the bottle-shape container - the bounty of God.
Tachehs can look stunning on the wall and shows the last vestiges of an ancient weaving tradition which is now gone.
For more information on tachehs, see chapter 12 of my book 'Tribal Rugs - Treasures of the Black Tent' as well as 'The Tacheh of Chahar Mahal' and 'Tasheh', both by Parviz Tanavoli.
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 Wheat Sack (Tacheh), Luri-bakhtiari Tribes, the Chahar Mahal, Western Persia.
