Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this Antique Afshar Bread Sofreh to the 1910s.
This Independent Date Guide was compiled by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. It works only from the photographs shown on this page and is never told the date the dealer has declared. It is a guide, not a guarantee of age, and occasional errors can occur.
The weaver of these bread sofrehs was able to use her creative abilities to weave these remarkable artefacts and in this case, I see the symbolic representation of water in the 'zig-zag' pattern. Note the fabulous abrash in the natural madder-red where the weaver has skeins of mixed red-dye wool thus creating a wonderful movement in the ground. Also note the tiny 'zig-zag' pattern in the lower left border - maybe a signature of the weaver herself!
These dramatic sofrehs are some of my favourites and this is a truly great example of this lost art.
Size: 1.27m x 1.14m (4' 2" x 3' 9").
Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this Antique Afshar Bread Sofreh to the 1910s.
This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.
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, Afshar Nomads, Kerman Province, South-west Persia.
