Bakhtiari Tribal Rug, Bakhtiari Nomads, Western Persia.

Name: Bakhtiari Tribal Rug, Bakhtiari Nomads, Western Persia.
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA885502
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets

Description

Rugs of the nomadic Bakhtiari are rare. Most of the Bakhtiari rugs in todays market-place were made in villages in the Chahar Mahal region of western Persia around 1880-1920.

This charming rug, with its abrash of natural colours and a wealth of stylized people and animals, speaks nomadic tribal! Made during the third quarter of the nineteenth century, it has evenly-low pile all over but without any restoration and the attractive golden-yellow border frames a field of tribal life.

I have spent a long time looking at the rug and just trying to fathom out what the weaver was maybe hoping to tell us about her life in the Bakhtiari! It's a rug that will give hours of pleasure - more so than a painting - where it can either be hung on the wall and enjoyed, or simply used on the floor in a quiet place. I hope I can enjoy it for a bit longer before it is snapped up by a discerning connoisseur of truly tribal works of art!

Size: 2.00m x 1.04m (6' 7" x 3' 5").

Physical Dimensions

Height

200cm (78.74")

Width

104cm (40.94")

Declaration

Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this piece to the 1870s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA885502

Dealers Internal Reference

BM/SRB

Dealers Notes

Viewing by appointment only.

Description

Rugs of the nomadic Bakhtiari are rare.

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Most of the Bakhtiari rugs in todays market-place were made in villages in the Chahar Mahal region of western Persia around 1880-1920.

Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets

This charming rug, with its abrash of natural colours and a wealth of stylized people and animals, speaks nomadic tribal! Made during the third quarter of the nineteenth century, it has evenly-low pile all over but without any restoration and the attractive golden-yellow border frames a field of tribal life.

fig 1. Bakhtiari Tribal Rug, Bakhtiari Nomads, Western Persia.

I have spent a long time looking at the rug and just trying to fathom out what the weaver was maybe hoping to tell us about her life in the Bakhtiari! It's a rug that will give hours of pleasure - more so than a painting - where it can either be hung on the wall and enjoyed, or simply used on the floor in a quiet place. I hope I can enjoy it for a bit longer before it is snapped up by a discerning connoisseur of truly tribal works of art!

Size: 2.00m x 1.04m (6' 7" x 3' 5").