The bread ''sofreh'' was a flatweave used to knead the dough to make the delicious Persian flat-bread or ''lavash''.Some of the most striking sofrehs were made in the environs of Kamo in the rural district of Joshaghan and in the district of Meymeh.These fabulous flatweaves first appeared in the Tehran bazaar in the latter part of the 1980s and were only brought to the attention of collectors and dealers in the West in the early 1990s, according to the knowledgeable Iranian on tribal life, Parviz Tanavoli.During the 1990s, I acquired almost 30 of these striking sofrehs, put on an exhibition in my Cotswold gallery and sold them all within two months! Kamo bread sofrehs today, represent woven wall-art and they make a powerful and exciting statement. This stunning sofreh, woven circa 1900, has a natural, undyed camel-hair central field with protrusions of dark blue, light blue and red stylised ''pencils''. The mixed camel-hair field has wonderful abrash and the ends are fi...