Saturday, January 11, 2020

Bakhtiari chanteh with unusual abstract motif

















This is the third of the small group of thick and dense Bakhtiari chantehs that I bought from a dealer in America. I've never seen this design before. For some reason - perhaps just hasty weaving - the pile extends round the back and the selvedge starts an inch or two beyond it. A modern production, it measures 25 x 31 cms.