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| Here is a new Qashquli Qashqai Runner. These are going away as the weavers switch to producing Gabbehs. Qashqai rugs are becoming a thing of the past. |
See my Look at the the Koohi tireh is of the “Shish Bayli” Qashqai
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the Qashqai tribe in my Guide to the
Qashqai Kelim. It is pretty good work and I do not have much
to say besides what I say there.
So why have a Guide to Qashqai rugs? Well I have to put the pictures and links some place. I do not want the Kelim page to be too cluttered. Maybe as I go along I will think of something profound to say. In the mean time you can also look at my old guide Guide to Qashqai Rugs on SpongoBongo.com. I added a few new pages into my notes: Qashqai Bagface, Southwest Persia, early 20th Qashqai Rug Southwest Persia, early 20th Lot 131 Qashqai Millefleurs Rug, early 20th Lot 133 Qashqai Rug, last quarter 19th Lot 148 Qashqai Rug, last quarter 19th Lot 149 Qashqai Rug, with Birds Lot 150 |
The Engelhardt Qashqai Rug 2nd Half 19th C Fars Province Lot 82 |
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The Qashqai |
Gabbeh Rugs are a very significant part of the Qashqai rug production. Why? Because that is what people are buying.
Qashqai Bag 19th C Fars Province Lot 119
Takht e Jamshid Fars province |
Takht-e Jamshid |
Persepolis in is the Qashqai tribal areas. The site has influenced Qashqai rugs over the years. Once the seat of the Persian empire Persepolis was first sacked by the Greeks. It was looted many times through history.
A historic ruin in Firuzabad, south of Shiraz, southwestern Iran |
Tomb of Cyrus the Great Pasargad, Fars province.jpg |
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The pillars of Persepolis
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Boteh Qashqai Bag Circa 1890 Fars Province Lot 1 Qashqai Bag 19th C Fars Province Lot 119 The Kimble Qashqai Bag Fars Province Lot 616 |
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Special Wedding Guests Eghlid town Fars province Photo by Hasan Ghafari
Many people assume these domed felt chats are an ancient afectation of the Qashqai men. Actually the hat was adopted in the mid twentieth century as a sybol of protest against the cruel oppresion of the Pahlavi Shahs.
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Qashqai Prayer RugsThe Qashqai are not prolific weavers of prayer
rugs but they did make interesting rugs inspired by the Mughal
Millefluers prayer rugs. See my Guide to Qashqai Rugs
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Gabbeh RugsNot that many years abou Gabbeh rugs were woven by Qashqai woman for their own use. Now many Qashqai woman now weave Gaggeh rugs instead of the more traditional Qashqai rugs.
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A local woman weaving Gabbeh in Gonaveh, Bushehr province (Photo by Effat Hosseini. Iran Daily) The Gheshlagh or winter camp has expanded since the revolution that Qashqai now winter in the Gonaveh area. |
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Oriental Rugs the O'Connell Notes
Copyright
Barry O'Connell 2004 - 2007
Last revised:
April 15, 2010.
