Description

Very Fine Persian Qashqai Carpet.- tribal nomadic rug

Specifications:
– Hand-Knotted. 100% Wool
– The Qashqai Carpet Is Known As The Top Quality Carpet In the Shiraz Region
– Size: 300cm x 177cm
– Comes with certificate of authenticity

Note:
– Please view the pictures carefully to appreciate this beautiful carpet and its quality
– Pictures May Appear Slightly Brighter than the actual carpet

A Shiraz carpet is a type of Persian rug made in the villages around the city of Shiraz in the Iranian province of Fars.

Designs tend to come from settled tribal weavers so they mimic Qashqai, Afshar, Abadeh and Luri Designs. Since the weavers are using fixed looms the rugs tend to be larger and often coarser than their tribal counterparts. Shiraz rugs are not often very finely knotted, with both Qashqai and Abadeh both having a finer knot.

The Qashqai nomads are found in the Fars province in the southwest of Iran and they live in the provinces of Fars, Khuzestan and Southern Isfahan but mostly in the surroundings of Shiraz. They move twice a year, between the winter pasture near the Persian Gulf and the summer pasture up in the Zagros mountains where it is much cooler. During the move it is possible to see the men with their typical round hats, running together with their dogs, large flock of sheep and herds of goats, along the roads swirling with clouds of dust. The women in their colourful clothes move along with the help of donkeys and horses towards new camp grounds. The tents that they live in are often made from goat hair.