Friday, December 30, 2011

Qashqa'i flatweave with 'tile' motif and long tassels









































This is another common 'tile' design, this time in fine flatweave. In the centre of the diamonds there is a tiny 'swastika', or sun, motif. Although the colours have become mellow and harmonious with fading and age, the inside of the bag (and one of the tassels) reveal that the orange dye is almost certainly synthetic. No matter - it is a bag with definite style and class - even with the ink stain on the reverse! Acquired at an auction in Germany, it measures 11" by 11" and was probably made in the first quarter of the last century.