Antique Qashqai Kilim, Fars Province

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Antique Qashqai kilim

Code: QSKM03M

Age: ~1890

Size: 155x325cm

Size (ft): 5'1"x10'7"

Structure: wool on wool.

Description: Qashqai kilims show mainly open fields and allover designs, but to a lesser extent we find banded/striped versions. This gorgeous Qashqa’i kilim with a complex design of horizontal stripes in richly differentiated colours show different motifs.

Excellent condition. Natural dyes.

For similar examples see:

-Hali Magazine, 54

- Hali Magazine, vol 5, no:3, p 342

Qashqaʾi is a group of Oghuz branch of Turkic people living mainly in Fars province of Iran, especially in the region to the north and south of Shiraz.

Qashqai populated areas in Iran

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