Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this Antique Lori Bakhtiari Tacheh to the 1890s.
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.
Opened up like this, shows how the tacheh was made on the loom, after which it was sewn up on both sides and base with goat-hair, leaving the top open into which the wheat was poured (see photos attached).
The knotted-pile, bottle-shape, central section symbolises the wheat being poured into the container.
This is a remarkable example of an archaic wheat-sack; a weaving that disappeared from nomadic life around the early 20th century and replaced by western plastic and gunny sacks which began to appear in the bazaars of Iran around that time. These sacks are a rare find these days.
Size: 0.89 x 1.10m (2' 11" x 3' 7").
Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this Antique Lori Bakhtiari Tacheh to the 1890s.
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 Tacheh, Lori-bakhtiari Nomads, the Chahar Mahal, Western Persia.
