Antique Oversize Bakhshaish Carpet
N°
04054
Period
Circa 1880
Origin
Northwest Persia
Materials
Wool
Status
Available
Size
550 cm x 350 cm18'0" x 11'5"
A monumental Bakhshaish carpet, characterised by an unusual light blue background onto which is overlaid a large, central taupe-coloured cartouche, flanked at the corners by salmon pink quarter medallions. Both the field and the spandrels are peppered with a plethora of geometric motifs, some of which are characteristic of the work of the neighbouring Shahsavan tribes. Indeed the entire composition is distinguished by a primitive quality one associates with tribal rugs, rather than the more formal Persianate motifs we often see in the rugs from the Heriz region. A true masterpiece of Persian tribal and village textile art.