Antique Qashqa’i Jajim

00274
Period
Circa 1900
Origin
Southern Persia
Materials
Wool
Status
Available
Size
260 cm x 127 cm
8'6" x 4'2"

A very graphic tribal jajim wool flatweave composed of two joined panels each containing an array of forest green stripes of varying widths on an ivory background. The result is a mirror image pattern having a central stripe that is considerably wider than the others. What makes this example rather unique is the unusual ivory/green colour combination, as green is a colour which is very rarely used in the textile tribal art of the Near East as it is quite complicated to obtain, as it involves a very careful mixture of indigo blue and saffron yellow. The resulting visual effect is highly abstract, ancient yet contemporary.

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