Qashqai Millefleur Persian Rug, c. 1970s
ABOUT THIS PIECE
A vintage Qashqai Persian rug from Fars, hand-knotted in wool in the 1970s, with a double-ended millefleur field.
The red field is filled with flower heads and small trees in ivory, orange, dark brown and green. An ivory vase medallion sits on the centre line at each end of it. A charcoal and navy panel with a stepped outline closes each end and holds more flowers and trees.
Dark side panels stippled with ivory dots flank the field, and small striped panels fill the corners. An ivory border of small flowers in red, navy and green runs between narrow red bands.
The Qashqai are a confederation of tribes in Fars, in southwest Persia. The design is known in Iran as Nazem do sar: do sar means two heads in Persian, for the field that points both ways.
At 290 by 200cm it suits a living room or a dining room. Explore more vintage Persian rugs.
SPECIFICATIONS
IN THE FIELD GUIDE
Qashqai · Millefleur · Wool on wool · Vintage
How it sits in your room.
290 × 200 CM (9'6" × 6'7"), DRAWN TO SCALE WITH TYPICAL AUSTRALIAN FURNITURE SIZES.
A 3-seater sofa along the long side with its front legs on the rug and 35 cm of rug past each arm, a coffee table on the rug. It is not deep enough for armchairs opposite as well.
A 120 × 80 cm table with 60 cm of rug beyond its sides and 85 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 54 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.
