Product Description
Details
Collection: Qashqai Rug.
Age: 40-60 Years (Semi Antique).
Size FT: 3' 11'' x 2' 9'' .
Size CM: 120 cm x 85 cm.
Colors: Crimson, Blue, Navy Blue, Green, Yellow, Brown, White, Cream.
Material: 100% Natural Wool and Cotton.
Has fringe.
Qashqai Rugs
A superb example of Qashqai weaving heritage, this 3x2 ft Semi Antique rug showcases the celebrated Geometric design of Fars, rendered here in rich tones of Crimson, Blue with the authority of long tradition. The symbolic content
of Qashqai rugs rewards sustained attention and study. Animals appear frequently - horses representing power and nobility, peacocks symbolizing paradise and divine beauty, birds of prey embodying freedom and strength. The boteh
motif - a teardrop-shaped form representing everything from a leaf to a divine presence - recurs across the field with the insistence of a sacred symbol. These images carry the cultural values of a remarkable civilization.
A genuine antique or semi-antique Qashqai rug represents one of the most rewarding purchases available in Persian textiles. The combination of cultural authenticity, premium natural materials, the distinctive beauty of aged
natural dyes, and the evidence of genuine individual creative vision makes each piece a unique work of art that no amount of money can reproduce once it is gone.
Qashqai rugs are among the most celebrated, sought-after, and intensely collected of all tribal textiles in the world, produced by the Qashqai tribal confederation - one of the great nomadic peoples of Persia - as they conduct
their seasonal migrations between the summer pastures of the high Zagros mountains and the winter lowlands of Fars Province. Each rug is a portable declaration of tribal identity and individual artistic vision, woven without
cartoons from the living memory of cultural tradition.
The creative process of Qashqai rug weaving is fundamentally different from any form of workshop production. Working on portable horizontal looms, Qashqai weavers compose their designs entirely from memory, drawing on a design
vocabulary absorbed since childhood through close observation of the tribe's existing textiles. Diamond medallions, bold geometric borders, stylized boteh motifs, and intricate all-over lozenge patterns are assembled in
compositions reflecting both tribal convention and individual creative personality.
Specifications
Original name: Qashqai Rug.
Alternative name(s): Qashqai Carpet, Ghashghaei Rug.
Origin: Fars.
Category: Nomadic, Village.
Common designs: Herati , Afshan, Boteh, Geometric.
Dyeing method: Natural, Synthetic.
Pile material: Wool.
Foundation material: Cotton, Wool.
Knot type: Asymmetrical (Persian), Symmetrical (Ghiordes).
Notes
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