Maharloo Fine Qashqai Persian Rug
ABOUT THIS PIECE
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 thick lustrous pile and all original features after more than 120 years.
Qashqai nomadic carpets are unique one of a kind piece 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.
SPECIFICATIONS
How it sits in your room.
300 × 215 CM (9'10" × 7'1"), DRAWN TO SCALE WITH TYPICAL AUSTRALIAN FURNITURE SIZES.
A 3-seater sofa along the long side with its front legs on the rug and 40 cm of rug past each arm, a coffee table on the rug. It is not deep enough for armchairs opposite as well.
A 180 × 90 cm table with 63 cm of rug beyond its sides and 60 cm past its ends, so the chairs stay on the rug when they are pulled out.
Under the lower part of a king bed with 59 cm of rug showing on each side, so your feet land on it either side of the bed.
Measure the room, or just the area the rug should cover, and we will draw this rug in it to scale.
