Number 397
Material Wool
Style All Over
Origin Qashqai
Type Tribal
Size 215 x 144
Age 1880
And in perfect condition with a frankly stunning weave with exquisitely fine materials ... we have this one of a kind antique Qashqai tribal rug. The feyrouzi blue field brings the Mahi design to life. The quality of the piece is evidenced also in the long, braided fringes which on close inspection illustrate the very fine warp threads used to weave it and achieve this high knot count for a nomadic piece.
It is signed as follows:
Farmayesh-e Agha-ye Khan Ali Khan
Karkhane-ye Dawoud
Taghdim-e Janab Agha Seyyed Ja'afar Hakim-Bashi
Baft-e Is'haq Khan Il ...
Commissioned by the lord Khan Ali Khan, from the workshop of Dawoud, and presented to his excellency Seyyed Ja'afar, chief physician to the royal court, woven by Is'haq Khan (of the tribe ...)
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