Description
Mesmerizing vintage Persian garden panel rug motif with stylized flowers, prominent blue birds, and stately cypress trees.
This is a rarer version of the garden rug with floating diamonds and wide borders rather than repeating squares.
Wonderful use of multiple design elements, including small medallions and half diamonds.
This woven by a Bakhtiari tribal weaver in western Iran.
Condition is good with some notable small areas of scattered wear in the wool pile. Side cords and fringes are in excellent shape.
Very solid and well crafted rug that can be used in a high foot traffic area or near an entrance.
Pleasing well balanced colors including brick red, green, gold, black, burnt orange, ivory, and blue.
The garden panel motif is also known as a ‘khesti’ motif, and dates back several centuries in Iran. The Bakhtiari are masters of the design, but it is also woven by the Luri and the Qashqai, and occasionally in the cities of Qom and Tabriz.
Exact size is 9 ft. 5 in. by 5 ft. 1 in. Wool pile on cotton warp. 1960s.
Last photo with Morgan silver dollar shows the backside of the carpet.
The Bakhtiari tribe, numbering 800,000, inhabit an area of 67,000 sq. km that straddles the central Zagros Mountains in Iran. Although only about a third of the tribe is nomadic (the rest are settled agriculturists), the nomads embody the Bakhtiari cultural ideals.
Shipping is $55 within the continental U.S. Or free pickup in Tucson, Arizona.
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(BA0183 O28)
