Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this piece to the 1880s.

The natural dye wool is doft and glossy and the vertical minor borders contain white cotton highlighting, which can also be seen on the very top main border. Note also, the remains of the brocaded slits at the top which would have originally had the lappits, now missing, threaded trough as a means of securing the opening.

Complete with plain-weave back in narrow horizontal bands of natural colour, through wear, the very top has been worn away but secured.
This is a rare and superb example of a very collectable chanteh rarely found these days.
Size: 26cm x 24cm (10" x 9").
Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this piece to the 1880s.
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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