A QASHQAI KILIM

Despite its age, the bold polychrome chequer-board composition of this kilim has a very modern appearance. The miniature ivory lozenges that divide the individual panels, each with a different-coloured centre, are precisely drawn, as is the black and white reciprocal arrow-head border. The brocaded horizontal bands at either end with embroidered domino-like panels, are characteristic of the weavings of the nomadic Luri tribes in the neighbouring Fars Province. For a similar chequerboard Qashqai kilim see, A. Hull and J Lucyc-Wyhowska, Kilim, The Complete Guide, London, 1993, p.217, fig.419; E.Herrmann, Seltene Orientteppiche, VII, Munich, 1985, pp.144-5, pl.65, and an example that sold in these Rooms, 5 April 2011, lot 5.