Persian Balouchi Rug - 1.30 x 0.75 tribal

Persian Balouchi Rug - 1.30 x 0.75 tribalThe largest Balouchi tribal concentration, both in area and population, is in Pakistan. The Balouchi tribal people are nomadic historically and they continue the nomadic way of life even today. Balouchi rugs are unlike any other style of rug. Their hallmark is whimsy, with bright unexpected colours and playful patterns. The Faeghi family are the name you can trust. They have traded in fine handmade carpets in Persia for many generations. For more than

Fairly recently rugs have been made in the city of Hamadan itself

Despite this

Hand-knotted Persian carpets from the Iranian provenance Abadeh

It has a beautiful Shah Abas design laid out magnificently in a lovely muted tone field

The design of the central medallion resembles that of the interior side of the dome of the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan

Typically the warps

It is a pictorial rug

measuring 34′ x 17′

The allover patterns have tribal design elements such as flower heads

There is a very definite cross shape

The rug has a central medallion and open field pattern

Such medallions and shapes were central to the design and reality of Persian gardens