|
|
Description:
Antique Bakshaish Persian Runner Rug (Bakhshaish or Bakhshaysh), late nineteenth century - This boldly assertive antique Bakshaish has a classic Northwest Persian medallion design, rendered in the tribal geometric drawing for which Bakshaishes are famed. But as impressive as the design may be, the glory of this rug is its stunning, saturated color - blue-greens, rich red, golds and orange. The narrow understated borders allow the bold design and color of the field to reign supreme.
Among the larger rugs made in Iran, Bakshaish (Bakhshaish or Bakhshaysh) carpets are in a class by themselves. In essence they adapt the style and feeling of the finest smaller village or tribal rugs to the the scale of room-size pieces. The drawing of Bakshaishes is always bold, geometric, dynamic, and abstract. Bakshaish carpets may utilize medallion or allover designs descended from classical Persian carpets, 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. Bakshaish carpets 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.
| Status: No Longer Available |
Reference#: 41988 |
| Condition:
Very good |
Year:
Late 19th Century
|
| Country:
PERSIA |
|
| Height:
4.4 in. (11.18 cm) |
|
|
Width: 2.10 in. (5.33 cm)
|
|
| Title:
ANTIQUE PERSIAN BAKSHAISH CARPET/RUG FROM NAZMIYAL.COM |
Style:
Persian Oriental Rug |
| |
Dealer Policies: Nazmiyal Collection Policy Details
Dealer Accepts:      
|
My
Basket
