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Shahsavan Piled Bagface

Tribe Dynasty

Shahsavan

Country Of Origin

Iran

Region

Northwest Iran

Date

19th century

Size

53 x 45 cms (21 x 17¾ ins)

Materials

Wool

Technique

Symmetrically knotted

Condition

Good pile, losses to bottom border, one tinyl area of moth damage

This brightly coloured bagface captures a section of a diamond-lattice repeat within its white ground border decorated with starlike motifs in alternating (except in one instance) red and blue. It has a sense of dynamism and movement created by choosing a vertically off-centre section of the diamond-lattice.

Price

Price on request

Reference No

1107

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