Number 1941
Material Wool
Style Geometric
Type Vagireh
Origin Bakhshayesh
Size 202 x 89
Age 1900
Abstract tribal art at its most evocative.
Heriz area weaving at its most beautiful.
Antique rug art at its most evocative.
It took me years to be able to acquire this fascinating Vagireh sampler from a house in the Heriz district itself. It finally happened during an Ashura reception, surprisingly. The visual is more Sci-Fi than folkloric craft, more space age than traditional rug. The abstraction is married to ferociously high quality vegetable dyes, including an astonishing green and a pleasing sky blue. The main tone, surprisingly and deliciously, is undyed wool of natural tonality.
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