Antique Bakshaish carpet

GBP 25,000.00

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Object Description

A tribal antique Bakshaish carpet woven around 150 years ago dating from circa 1870-80 with a large scale border design with well drawn leaves and rosette floral motifs. The biscuit toned central medallion area is a dye used more over by the weavers of Bakshaish and Sarab. The pale blue four corner spandrels are electric and stunning dyes, varied and really showcase their dying prowess as well as the large geometric leaf and tribal motifs in the corners.

A fantastic tribal carpet in excellent original condition, the wool pile is medium high throughout this piece.

Among the oversized carpets made in Persia, antique Bakshaish carpets are in a class by themselves. In essence, antique Bakshaish carpets adapt the style and feeling of the finest smaller village or tribal rugs to the the scale of room-size pieces. The drawing of Bakshaish rugs and carpets is always bold, geometric, dynamic, and abstract.

If you would like to view this Bakshaish carpet at home or at our showroom soon, please contact us in your preferred way, we would love to help you.

Object History

Bakshaish rugs may utilise medallion or allover designs descended from classical antique rugs, but they translate such models into a much more abstract and expressive idiom reminiscent of Caucasian village rugs like Kazak’s. Sometimes, like village pieces, they make use of scattered space-fillers; alternatively they may apply a principle of open space to allow the effects of the drawing to stand out graphically.

The antique Persian Bakshaish rugs are also admired for their lustrous wool and rich, transparent color, again in the tradition of the best tribal pieces. Bakshaish rugs were produced in North Iran, not far from the Caucasus, which helps to account for the qualities they share with the rugs of that region.

Bakshaish is a region very near to Heriz in the north-west of Persia, they tended to be softer in colour and have a geometric design of leaves and birds. We offer the service of viewing any of our carpets & rugs in-situ in London, Surrey, Hampshire & the UK by appointment. Please contact us using the enquire form below.