Mae Festa 50 Years of Collecting Textiles - Peter Pap Oriental Rugs

MIDDLE EAST – Kurdistan
Bag Face (Khorjin)
19 th Century
Jaf/Kurd People, Iran/Iraq border
Wool pile, natural dyes.
61 x 42 cm 24 x 16½ in
Woven for personal use, this partial bag face displays
the classic Kurdish diamond pattern in the central
field. A secondary interior border mediates between
the vertical rectangle of the center and the horizontal
proportion of the piece. The major outer border is of
elongated rosettes, another very traditional motif.
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