24431-Ghashgai Hand-Knotted/Handmade Persian Rug/Carpet Tribal// Nomadic Authentic/Size: 1'8" x 2'4"

24431-Ghashgai Hand-Knotted/Handmade Persian Rug/Carpet Tribal// Nomadic Authentic/Size: 1'8" x 2'4"NR: 24431 Location: Ghasghai Size: 1'8" x 2'4" Country: Iran Pile: Wool Base: Cotton GHASHGAI Details: Ghashgais are hand knotted on a ground loom by the Ghashgai tribe who live in the Fars upland near Shiraz. The Ghashgai people are the most developed of the Fars tribes. The warp and weft are of cotton or wool and the pile is wool. The variety and quality of the colors are superior and the numbers of Turkish knots are about 100. The knotting on the

Size: 10'10" x 8'4"

wefts and pile are all of hand-spun Wool and there are no fringes: the Kelim at the ends is tucked in and sewn up

as bed covers

Afghan knotters only had access to: black

Size: 1'8" x 1'10"

with between 200 to 400 Persian knots per square inch (pure silk items may have 600 or more)

usually with a central medallion on a field decorated by a motif of interlaced flowering branches or what is commonly refer to as the Shah Abbas motif

NR: 24242Location: Shiraz Size: 8'1" x 4'7" Country: Iran Pile: Wool Base: Cotton

and also garden

With its rich architectural history including mosques such as Sheikh-Lotfollah and Jameh-Abbasi

NR: 24480

which is used when dying with cochineal