Qashqai Carpets Rugs

These jewel tone rug colors were available to the ancient tribes with vegetable based dyes and today they are still often incorporated into the design despite the availability of a wider range of dyes.

Qashqai carpets rugs. Qashqai rug with vertically connected diamond medallions. Providing a perfect complement to the prominent red are classic yellow and indigo blue. The educational rug photo gallery with qashqai rugs qashqa i rugs is one of the first published sections of jozan magazine. What is a qashqai rug and who are the qashqai people.

And it is no wonder when two elements remain central in qashqai culture il rah the tribal road and their joyous weaving. Make offer 10 x 16 ghashgai qashqai persian rug handwoven wool bright red field unique qashqai ghashghaei 100 silk rug hand knotted carpet 3 8 x 5 2 4 600 00. There s nothing subtle or quiet about the color or designs of qashqai rugs. The persian carpets knotted by ghashghai nomads in iran have long been highly prized not least for their beautiful sometimes figural design elements but also for their high quality.

The qashqai confederacy is a nomadic tribal affiliation that is composed of various tribal subgroups that have been united since the 16th century in iran. These oriental carpets are hand knotted from fine wool and are dyed using plants and minerals for natural looking colors. The rug is all wool hand spun all natural vegetable dye is used. The rugs are woven using large amounts of very bold shades of red.

The rug was hand knotted in 1955. Rug by the arab cherpanlu tireh of the sheshboluki taifeh of the qashqa i confederation fars south west persia last quarter 19th century 9ft. The qashqai are renowned for their pile carpets and other woven wool products. This piece was woven by a woman from the ghashgai qashqai tribes in southwest iran near the city of shiraz.

As the qashqai say where i am is my. The qashqai carpet continues to hold a special place in the world of oriental rugs as it expresses a superlative level of both craftsmanship and creative inspiration. The wool produced in the mountains and valleys near shiraz is exceptionally soft and beautiful and takes a deeper color than wool. Antique qashqai rugs will typically feature dark reds saffron golds and rich blues.

Qashqai khamseh tribal rug 6 x 9 9 late 19th c. Speaking a turkic language with a large number being of turkman decent they are located in the fars province in southwest iran. Qashqai carpets and weavings.