Bakshaish runner (162)

Bakshaish runner from north west Persia (Iran)

Age: circa 1870

Size: 13′.0″x3′.1″ (396×94 cm)

This charming  Bakshaish village runner features a camel field centered by a pole medallion of five connected diamonds with interior small diamond lattices.The pole medallions are terminated by colorful arrows and there are stepped floating red triangles in the corners.Floating into field are pendants,stylized flowers and octagons.The red main border hosts rosettes and slant leaves connected into a meander and is flanked by blue arrow and rosette minor borders.A plain camel band surround the whole.All the colors are from natural sources.The wool is good and so is the condition except for low pile sections and some restoration.The runner is not cut but merely rolled at one end to fit the screen.