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This precisely woven piece is quite delicate
and its colors are not oxidized, suggesting that it was likely
stored away in a chest before it was purchased in Iran in recent
years. Typical of sumakh work from southern Iran, the pattern wefts
in this bag are not packed down as densely as they would be in
Azarbayjani or Qarabaghi weaving.
The stars-in-compartments field design is not uncommon, but the
border, executed with cotton and dyed wool, is the highlight of the
bag.
Both this single complete chanteh(?) and Tom Cook’s outstanding
horsecover1, have the same stucture: maroon wool balanced plainweave
ground, sumakh patterning, and the use of cotton for whites,
suggesting that they both probably come from the same small tribal
group.
RET
1) Exhibited at the South Persian show at
Minasian's in Evanston, IL, in 2002, at the ICOC Pile And
Flat-Woven Textiles Of The Central And Southern Zagros
exhibition in Washington, D.C., April, 2003, and illustrated in
Eiland, M., (ed.), A World Of Oriental Carpets & Textiles,
Washington, D.C., 2003, figure 20
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