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  • Number 15363

  • Material Wool

  • Origin Qashqai

  • Style Animal

  • Type Tribal

  • Size 295 x 180

  • Age 1880

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And look what I found among my dad’s treasury hoard of fine antique rugs: a mint condition Qashqai from the 1880s, woven by the Shekarlu clan. It is very impressive & dramatic in its size, and boasts a total lack of the standard blue and red tones that define this type. My favourite elements are the swooping peacocks 🦚 with their bushy tails πŸͺΆ

The name Shekarlu derives from β€œshegar” Ψ΄Ϊ―Ψ± which in English becomes β€œsugar”, referring to powdered sugar. Much as the English β€œcandy” derives from Farsi qand Ω‚Ω†Ψ― meaning rock sugar. Anyway, it seems this clan of the Qashqai confederation had a history with the ancient sugar tradeβ€” or as I like to think of it, their rugs were simply too sweet. Eye candy and tactile dessert.

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