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ANTIQUE #SA966455

Antique 'tacheh', Wheat-sack, Luri-bakhtiari Tribes, The Chahar Mahal, Western Persia.

£1,250    $1,556    €1,501
Wheat-sacks or ''tachehs'' in Persian, were used, as the name implies, for containing wheat. Most antique tachehs today have been opened up in order to display and show the complete sack as it would have been made. This is one of my favourites, just recently found in Iran as many antique tachehs are now few in number due to their hard use and then simply been discarded.
 
These tachehs are what remains of pre-commercial utilitarian bags, made for the nomads own use and never intended for sale. Today, they are virtually gone although a few turn up from year to year.
 
What I love about this tacheh is the plain, natural-dye aubergine, knotted-pile bottle-shape in the centre of a simple plain-weave background. Tachehs like this one make spectacular wall-hangings and show a lost tribal art at its best on the wall.
 
Size: 97cm x 97cm (3'' 2'' x 3'' 2'').
 
Viewing by appointment only.
 
Internal Reference: BM2106
Antique Number: SA966455
Dateline of this antique is 1900
Height is 97cm (38.2inches)
Width is 97cm (38.2inches)
Depth is 0cm (0.0inches)
Antique #SA966455, shown on this page, originates from 1900. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
1900
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Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets
Dealing in antique and old tribal rugs, dowry weavings and decorative carpets from the Near East and Central Asia since 1979.
Gloucestershire
United Kingdom
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