Vintage Persian Qashqai Rug vintage textile mother to daughter

mother to daughter

migrating twice a year across the Zagros Mountains between highland summer pastures and lowland winter grazing grounds

Size: 283 x 190 cm | 9'3" x 6'3"

The colours used in these rugs are often rich and vibrant

but because of it

Vintage Persian Qashqai Rug vintage textile mother to daughterThe Qashqai are a nomadic tribe from the Fars Province of southwestern Iran, migrating twice a year across the Zagros Mountains between highland summer pastures and lowland winter grazing grounds. They have a saying: "Where I am is my carpet. Where my carpet and I am is my home." For a people who travelled hundreds of kilometres each year, the rug wasn't dcor, it was home, carried on their backs between worlds. This rug is hand knotted from hand spun