Persian Kilim

Name: Persian Kilim
SKU: 1715
Availability: InStock

Rug #1715

Size: 300 x 267 cm / 9.8 x 8.8 ft

Handwoven in: Jajim, Iran

Age: 20th Century

Design: Stripe, Modern

Materials: All Wool

Category: Kilims

POA

Persian Kilim Kilim Modern | Stripe All Wool

This Persian kilim is published in;

THE PERSIAN CARPET, ‘The Fabric of Life’, Essie Sakhai, Woodbridge, 2008.

pl. 320, p. 397.

This beautiful jajim from the first half of the 20th century is woven in five separate strips that have been sewn together vertically. It is typical of the work produced in the many villages in Mazandaran, the province which takes in the Alborz Mountains, the range immediately below the Caspian Sea, in a narrow strip beterrn the coast and Tehran to the south. Several villages are particularly associated with these flatweaves, including Savad Kuh, Zavareh, Saug Deh, Pachimm and Kelim. Of course jajims (or jijims) are woven in many different areas of Iran and by many different tribal groups. One of their principal structural characteristics is that, like this example, they are almost always warp-faced plain weaves. They are also distinctive in design, almost always having horizontal bands of colour in narrow vertical strips (although there are some very impressive examples in just black and white); Shahsavan and the majority of north-western jajims, on the other hand, almost always have vertical stripes, often embellished with weft-float brocade and other forms of supplementary wefting. It is also worth noting that the Turkish version, called çiçim, is very different in both construction and design.

Persian Kilim. This piece was handwoven in Jajim , Iran. For further information please contact us and our team will be pleased to assist you. All pieces in the collection are under the auspices of Essie Sakhai, one of the world’s foremost experts and collectors of fine handmade Persian rugs and carpets.

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