Qashqai Shesh Boluki Triple Medallion Persian Rug, c. 1960s
ABOUT THIS PIECE
This is the Qashqai medallion formula at its most confident. A serrated lozenge in deep crimson carries a pole of three hooked medallions, navy and ivory in turn, each with its own rosette heart, while the navy spandrels light up with ivory sunburst rosettes and flowering shrubs. Birds and hens stroll through the field the way they always do in the best Fars weaving, drawn freehand between the flowers, and a full suite of narrow borders frames the whole with a flowering vine.
It was woven around the 1960s by Qashqai weavers of Fars province in the Shesh Boluki design tradition, hand-knotted in wool on a wool foundation with the salmon-red wefting that marks the confederation’s work. Our dye analysis found the crimson field banding in proper madder fashion, lot by lot across the weaving, with deep stable indigo and undyed ivory wool. The pile is full and even, and the ends are complete with their original kilim strips and braided fringes, a state of preservation this type rarely keeps.
At 268 x 177 cm it is a versatile compact room size, generous enough to anchor a living space and forgiving enough for real family life. Qashqai rugs of this completeness and colour are the dependable heart of tribal collecting, and this one wears its sixty years lightly.
Specs: Origin: Qashqai confederation, Fars province, Iran. Design: serrated lozenge medallion, Shesh Boluki tradition. Age: circa 1960s. Structure: hand-knotted wool pile on wool foundation, red wefts. Size: 268 x 177 cm.
SPECIFICATIONS
How it sits in your room.
268 × 177 CM (8'10" × 5'10"), DRAWN TO SCALE WITH TYPICAL AUSTRALIAN FURNITURE SIZES.
A 2-seater sofa along the long side with its front legs on the rug and 49 cm of rug past each arm, a coffee table on the rug. It is not deep enough for armchairs opposite as well.
The chairs sit on the rug at the table, but with 49 cm of rug beyond the table their back legs catch the edge when pulled out. 60 cm is the comfortable margin.
Under the lower part of a queen bed with 58 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.
