Product Description
Details
Collection: Qashqai Rug.
Age: 40-60 Years (Semi Antique).
Size FT: 4' 10'' x 3' 1'' .
Size CM: 148 cm x 95 cm.
Colors: Crimson, Blue, Navy Blue, Green, Yellow, Brown, White, Cream.
Material: 100% Natural Wool and Cotton.
Has fringe.
Qashqai Rugs
This hand-knotted Semi Antique Qashqai rug from Fars - 4x3 ft - presents a compelling Geometric composition woven in Crimson, Blue, a living record of one of Persia's great regional weaving traditions. The all-wool construction
of Qashqai rugs produces textiles of distinctive tactile and visual character. The pile is soft and flexible, with a warmth and hand that no cotton-foundation rug can match. Natural variations in tension that occur on a portable
loom give Qashqai rugs a subtle liveliness of surface distinguishing them from the more mechanically even productions of fixed-loom city weaving. These textural qualities only deepen and improve with age and careful use.
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.
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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