A Kilim, an antique Shushtar, the Khuzestan Province, the southwest of Iran, ca 380-385,5 x 184-192 cm.
Woven by Bakhtiari tribesmen. A light red ground with a dense pattern of ivory coloured octogons with polychrome geometric patterns. The main border with a large reciprocal pattern in blue, red and ivory. A wide camel hair coloured outer border.
Slightly faded. Evenly worn, slightly dirty, stains, damages, holes, repairs.
Literature
Compare with Petsopoulos, Yanni: Kilims, Fribourg 1979, plate 359, pages 314-315; Willborg, Peter, Woven Magic. Stockholm 1992, No. 69; Vok, Ignazio, Vok Collection. Caucasus-Persia. Gilim and other Flatweaves. (text by Hamid Sadighi) Munch 1996, No. 64.
