SOUTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
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A QASHQAI RUG
SOUTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
The shaded indigo field scattered with a variety of stylised angular polychrome palmettes, flowerheads, perching birds and jewellery motifs, around a column of three shaded red and pistachio-green hooked lozenges containing similar motifs, with ivory stepped angular palmette and serrated leaf spandrels framed by polychrome hooked part-lozenges, in a border of multiple brick-red, ivory and sandy yellow angular serrated leaf vine and flowerhead stripes, outer barber-pole narrow stripes, chequerboard striped skirt, slight loss at each end, minute wear and repair
9ft.2in. x 5ft.1in. (279cm. x 155cm.)
SOUTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
The shaded indigo field scattered with a variety of stylised angular polychrome palmettes, flowerheads, perching birds and jewellery motifs, around a column of three shaded red and pistachio-green hooked lozenges containing similar motifs, with ivory stepped angular palmette and serrated leaf spandrels framed by polychrome hooked part-lozenges, in a border of multiple brick-red, ivory and sandy yellow angular serrated leaf vine and flowerhead stripes, outer barber-pole narrow stripes, chequerboard striped skirt, slight loss at each end, minute wear and repair
9ft.2in. x 5ft.1in. (279cm. x 155cm.)