Antique Bakshaish carpet, Persia

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Object Description

A beautiful antique Bakshaish carpet with one of the nicest border designs we have ever seen! The shrub design in the main field is also exquisite. In fantastic condition all over with very mellow dyes. 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.

Object History

The drawing of Bakshaish rugs and carpets is always bold, geometric, dynamic, and abstract.

Bakshaish rugs may utilize 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 Kazaks. 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.

We offer the service of viewing any of our carpets & rugs in-situ in London, Surrey, Hampshire the UK & Europe by appointment.

Object Details

  • material
  • dimensions
    W:376 x x D:434 centimeters
  • period
  • country
  • year
    Circa 1880

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The Old Parsonage
Church Street
Crondall
Surrey
GU10 5QQ

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