Product Description
Details
Collection: Qashqai Rug.
Age: 40-60 Years (Semi Antique).
Size FT: 8' 11'' x 5' 9'' .
Size CM: 273 cm x 175 cm.
Colors: Crimson, Blue, Navy Blue, Green, Yellow, Brown, White, Cream.
Material: 100% Natural Wool and Cotton.
Has fringe.
Qashqai Rugs
Measuring 8x5 ft and featuring a Geometric design in Crimson, Blue, this Semi Antique Qashqai rug embodies the weaving culture of Fars - a tradition of exceptional artistry and enduring craft excellence. 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.
The material world of Qashqai rugs is entirely natural - wool pile, wool warp, wool weft, and natural dyes derived from plants, minerals, and insects found within the Qashqai migration territory. Deep madder reds, rich indigo
blues, warm ivory and camel from undyed wools, saffron yellow from local plants - this dye palette creates the warm, complex chromatic world of Qashqai weaving, one of the most beautiful in all tribal textile art.
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.
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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