Antique Dining Sofreh, Baluch Salar Khani Tribe, Khorassan Province, North-East Persia.
Price
£2,500
| $3,367 USD | €2,934 EUR
Item Ref
BM2273
Description
This beautiful dining sofreh has a plain-weave, natural camel-hair central field, decorated with stylised trees in brocaded technique. This central field is surrounded by two minor ivory borders and a wide main border in knotted-pile. The skirts or 'elems' are woven in long, horizontal bands of slit-tapestry weave, making this late 19th century dining rug a truly remarkable weaving. Please take a look at the two detail photos taken of the lower left and right corners of the camel-hair ground where you will see the weaver had originally planned to leave the border in plain-weave but then started to insert knotted-pile! Charming!My thoughts on which Baluch tribe made this sofreh suggest the Salar Khani tribe who occupy parts of northern Khorassan province in north-eastern Persia.
Rare, very collectible and in near-mint condition.
Size: 1.45 x 0.76m (4' 9" x 2' 6").
Viewing by appointment only.
Internal Ref: BM2273
Dimensions
Height = 145 cm (57")Width = 76 cm (30")
Depth = 0 cm (0")
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