Antique Qashqai Muhrammat Persian Poshti Rug

Antique handwoven carpet, woven by Qashqai nomads of southwestern Persia in the late 19th/ early 20th century.

Woven from 100% local handspun wool and all-natural dyes, This carpet still maintains a lustrous pile and all original features after more than 100 years.

Qashqai nomadic carpets are unique one of a kind pieces of art handwoven through a combination of improvisation and reference to folk iconography.

Handwoven on horizontal looms, Qashqai carpets are made from sustainably sourced local handspun wool and natural dyes, Qashqai nomadic carpets often depict an aerial view abstraction of the weaver’s pastoral nomadic life, featuring many animals, people and plants and fields.

Qashqai weaving techniques and more generally the weaving traditions of Fars, are registered as world intangible heritage by Unesco.