Aaron Nejad Carpets and Rugs has dated this Antique Persian Runner Rug to the 1890s.
Regardless of the exact tribal attribution, it is a strikingly handsome piece. The field is composed of a row of five compartments four of which are decorated with hexagonal medallions and similar ornaments - a format often seen on bagfaces - while one compartment is filled with diagonal rows of polychrome octagons. It is idiosyncratic and typical of the spontaneous nature of the Persian tribal weavers. Other idiosyntraic features include the deliberate break in the inner guard stripes at one end, and the variations in the end and side main borders. Note also the stylised double-headed animal figures in the end borders which also point towards a Luri-Bakhtiar attribution. Today, this handsome piece is both collectible and decorative, and would work as a corridor runner of as a showpiece for a hallway. Remarkably it has surved in very good condition for the age. It retains a full even pile, original selvages and kilim ends. Professionally cleaned in our own workshops.
Aaron Nejad Carpets and Rugs has dated this Antique Persian Runner Rug to the 1890s.
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