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Antique Tasheh (Wheat Sack), Bakhtiari Tribes, Western Persia.
Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets
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Antique Tasheh (Wheat Sack), Bakhtiari Tribes, Western Persia.

1900 - 1920
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The 'tasheh' or wheat-sack, as the name implies, was used for transporting wheat. They were discovered, for the first time about 35 years ago by the world-renowned Persian rug expert and sculptor, Parviz Tanavoli. The Bakhtiari nomads were throwing them out, having discovered plastic sacks as a means of replacing those beautiful woven artefacts! Thus the demise of the woven wheat-sack took place in the 1940s-1950s. Today, there are few remaining tashehs amongst the nomads Iran. The piece illustrated is a beautiful early 20th century tasheh, slightly reduced in width, but now, making a very attractive wall-hanging - wall art as I call it! All tashehs are plain-woven - one side plain surrounding the knotted-pile bottle-shape design - the other decorated in vertical stripes. Above the knotted bottle-shape can be seen chequered lines which I believe symbolically,represent the pouring of the wheat into the sack.

Size: 1.35m x 1.00m (4' 5" x 3' 3").

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Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this piece to the 1900s.

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The 'tasheh' or wheat-sack, as the name implies, was used for transporting wheat.
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They were discovered, for the first time about 35 years ago by the world-renowned Persian rug expert and sculptor, Parviz Tanavoli.
Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets

The Bakhtiari nomads were throwing them out, having discovered plastic sacks as a means of replacing those beautiful woven artefacts! Thus the demise of the woven wheat-sack took place in the 1940s-1950s. Today, there are few remaining tashehs amongst the nomads Iran. The piece illustrated is a beautiful early 20th century tasheh, slightly reduced in width, but now, making a very attractive wall-hanging - wall art as I call it! All tashehs are plain-woven - one side plain surrounding the knotted-pile bottle-shape design - the other decorated in vertical stripes. Above the knotted bottle-shape can be seen chequered lines which I believe symbolically,represent the pouring of the wheat into the sack.

Size: 1.35m x 1.00m (4' 5" x 3' 3").

Date of Manufacture

Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this piece to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers
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SA369267
Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets
Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets
Sellingantiques verified Since Oct 2011

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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Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets

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Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets
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Antique Tasheh (wheat sack), Bakhtiari Tribes, Western Persia.
Antique Tasheh (wheat sack), Bakhtiari Tribes, Western Persia.
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