Outstanding, Fine Bakhtiari Carpet
Rug #5294Outstanding, fine old Bakhtiari carpet, jewel like colours, all over traditional design, fine lustrous wool
The name Bakhtiari can apply either to a place or tribal group. Geographically, it refers to the province west of Esfahan called Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari, (‘the four valleys and the Bakhtiari country’), one of the most beautiful and fertile areas of Iran, in the foothills of the Zagros mountains.
In the latter half of the 19th century its main landlords were the Khans of the Duraki family of the Haft Lang Bakhtiari, one of the two moieties into which the Bakhtiari were divided (the other was the Chahar Lang). Wealthy through land and livestock, the Khans began to build great, lavishly furnished palaces for themselves in the 1870’s and 1880’s; then in the early 20th century they were made immeasurably richer by the discovery of oil in their winter pasture lands in Khuzestan. They established weaving workshops in many of their villages, which subsequently became towns. Though initially the workshops probably wove carpets and rugs exclusively for the Khans’ own use, their commercial potential soon became obvious and by the 1930’s those in the leading centres of the Chahar Mahal- Shahr Kord, Shalamzar, Ghafarrukh, Chahal-I Shotor, Shamsabad,, farah Dombeh, Saman, as well as significant weaving centres in around 70 other villages, turned this area into one of the most productive weaving districts in Iran.
Persian Bakhtiari Large Carpet. This piece was handwoven in Bakhtiari , Iran. For further information please contact us and our specialist 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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