CHANTEH

Friday, January 10, 2020

Luri or Qashqai with diagonal stripes

















A coarsely woven bag, probably Luri, with diagonal stripes. The shifts in the border are very attractive, at least to me, and the back is more beautiful than the front. It measures 35 x 35 cms, and was purchased from a dealer in Holland.
Posted by jaykayaitch at 3:56 PM
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      • Luri or Qashqai chanteh with large boteh
      • Qashqai or Luri chanteh with wave design
      • Luri or Kurdish chanteh with figures
      • Afshar spindle bag
      • Afshar or Qashqai flatweave
      • Afshar abstract gabbeh
      • Small dark Luri or Afshar chanteh
      • Luri or Qashqai bag with lotus/sun motif
      • Luri or Qashqai chanteh with five crosses
      • Qashqai chanteh with stars
      • Qashqai with odd design
      • Gabbeh bag with star motif
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      • Bakhtiari chanteh with unusual abstract motif
      • Bakhtiari chanteh with endless knot motif
      • Luri or Bakhtiari bag with gabbeh features
      • Green ground chanteh with botehs
      • Flower and nightingale chanteh
      • Flatweave peacocks
      • Afshar gabbeh
      • Afshar with herati pattern
      • Flatwoven bag with lion and sun motif
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      • Afshar fragment
      • Luri or Qashqai, with sun motif
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This blog documents a collection of small South Persian tribal bags, most of which might be called 'chantehs'. Not all would conventionally be considered 'high quality', but they are generally interesting, and I've tried to include examples of very different styles and techniques. Most were made in the first half of the 20th century; some are earlier, and a handful are recent. Colours are assumed to be natural unless indicated to the contrary, and with a few exceptions, all materials are wool. The photographs were taken in natural light.

Viewers not familiar with the tribes or their confederations - Qashqa'i, Khamseh, Luri (or Lori), Bakhtiari, and Afshar - will find plenty of information on them in Wikipedia. And if you are really interested in collectors' debates and opinions, visit Turkotek, which is a good forum for both informed and speculative views on old textiles.

Click on the images to enlarge them. There are over seventy small bags illustrated here, so if you wish to see everything, remember to view the older pages. The collection has now more or less come to an end, but it is possible that a few pieces will be added from time to time. Curiously, as I've developed more experience in looking at and handling these weavings, my conclusions have become increasingly tentative - so readers should not regard my thoughts as being in any way definitive!

As I said when I started the blog ten years ago, the only book on the subject is 'Jayran - Tribal Woman and the Chanteh' by the late Parviz Homayounpour. It has been a great inspiration, and I heartily recommend it. Otherwise it is difficult to find a substantial group of images of these bags. In that light, I hope that the blog will be useful to collectors and to others who are interested in tribal weavings.

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