928. an ornate antique qashqa'i tribal rug

928. Provenance: Qashqa'i Confederacy, Fars Province, Persia

Size: 213 x 143 cm

Age: circa 1920

Condition: Areas of lower pile/wear. One end is unsercurred. 

Notes: A lovely design with two inerlocking diamond 'medallions', containing stylized flowerheads, in an inner field of light 'criss-cross', then surrounded by an outer field of tear-shaped botehs (precursor to the famous Paisley design). Around all this, an elaborate ring of borders.