Antique Kashkai Rug, 138 Cm X 252 Cm, Hand-knotted Wool, Iran, Second Half Of The 19th Century

Gashghaï or Kashkaï rug decorated with three midnight blue medallions with hooks, placed on a brick red field covered with stylized botehs, flowers, animals, all surrounded by black.
The weft of these old rugs is in dyed wool, almost always in brown or brown red, passing twice after each line of knots.
Beautiful model in muted but bright colors, from the second half of the 19th century, tall, 138 cm wide by 252 cm long, in high quality wool on wool, from the region of Shiraz in Iran in very good condition.
The mixed pile fringes are in good condition, they often include goat, sheep and camel wool, a mixture found in most ethnic rugs from Iran, Central Asia and the Caucasus.
muted colors, earth, contrast with the light ones, indigot, white, pink, orange placed on the darker field, cause a luminous contrast.
These rugs are essentially dyed with natural, mineral and vegetable products.
The drawing of a beautiful complexity, reveals many tribal motifs and other stylized plants that we always meet on these carpets.
The two stripes along the border are made up of the symbol of water, eternity on a cream background, stylized flowers, round and square and adorn the perimeter with elegance.
The border with many frames has the motif called "Ashkhali" formed of a series of diamonds linked together by a polychrome bar.
The edge of these old carpets is always colored, blue, red or brown.
We find in our model certain "Boteh miri" superimposed on silhouettes of roosters, which suggests in the paradise of Zoroaster, immortality which will reward the one who observes religious practices with a certain zeal.
These very beautiful tribal carpets are knotted in the region of Shiraz located near the ancient Persepolis which gave its name to Persia, nowadays, Iran.
Shiraz is in the province of Fars where the Gashghaï tribes reside and produce carpets under the two names, Shiraz or Ghashghaï. Kashkai rugs are also called Turki-Shiraz and represent the most popular pieces of ancient Shiraz production.
## Old Kashkai like our model whose polychromy is warm and harmonious and the fine and tight knotting are often also referred to as "Shiraz of Mecca", this denomination was intended to inform the buyer about the high quality carpet, worthy of serving as a gift for the Muslim pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.
We are, at the sight of all of these aforementioned elements, in front of a very beautiful carpet from an ethnic collection, knotted several decades ago with passion and devotion, and fulfilling the criteria of very beautiful Kashkai.
Dimensions: width: 138cm (54") x length: 252cm (99")
This rug has been professionally and environmentally cleaned.
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