Vintage Persian Pictorial Bakhtiari Tribal Accent Rug
No. 31751
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 8 in. x 5 ft. 4 in.
(1.41 x 1.61 m)
A wool pile of symmetric knots on a wool foundation. A young girl in dark blue gestures broadly in front of two tall women, all with rather rectangular heads, set against a cream ground. Above them is an abstracted, riderless horse moving to the right. Herringboned palmettes are placed between the figures. The red main border features floating serrated leaves, ashiks, flattened hexagons, and stars. The iconography is opaque and invariant, with tribal origins, though the specific source and time period remain unclear.
