Number 482
Material Wool
Style Medallion
Origin Qashqai
Type Tribal
Size 236 x 188
Age 1300 & 1320
What will they think of next? A Qashqai that thinks it's a Heriz. This is not your usual Qashqai anyway, it is signed and dated 3 times. The proportions are squarish, the color combo appealing and not conventional. The oversized medallion with its angular contours is very reminiscent of Heriz carpets, which may have influenced it. How so? This is a Khan Qashqai, woven for a chief of the tribe so quite likely to have been attentive to fashions elsewhere in the world at that point in time.
The upper date reads 1300 or 1882. Below the medallion are two occurrences of the date 1320 or 1902. It doesn't make sense that it took them 20 years to weave this rug so the most likely explanation is that it was a commemorative item made for the 20th anniversary of a certain auspicious event.. As such it is a very important and enlightening missing link in carpet history and tribal studies.
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