A fantastic semi-antique sofreh or kilim in which to make bread on. This sofreh is full of charm, both in the way the motifs are arranged in a random way, but also the way the colours change throught the piece. The smaller motifs appear to be lovely stars floating in the night sky. A very original piece, woven with natural dyes.
Material: 100% hand-spun
sheep wool
Size: 122×110 cms
Origin: Bakhtiari tribe, Iran
Date of weaving: 1950s
Sofrehs take their name from the Farsi (Persian) word for cloth and are used for several functions connected with preparing and eating food. Eating cloths are normally referred to simply as sofrehs and vary enormously in size-from small, rectangular mats for personal use to extremelly long, narrow runners for communal eating. They are woven in several standard techniques, including alternating bands of kilim and pile rug, and produced by a number of nomadic and tribal weavers in Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia and to a lesser degree, elsewhere.
The Bakhtiari (also spelled Bakhtiyari; Persian: بختیاری) are a Lur tribe from Iran. They speak the Bakhtiari dialect of the Luri language.
Bakhtiaris primarily inhabit Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari and eastern Khuzestan, Lorestan, Bushehr, and Isfahan provinces.
A small percentage of Bakhtiari are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer quarters and winter quarters. Numerical estimates of their total population vary widely.
Due to their luck of escaping danger throughout their history, they called themselves bakhtiyar (“fortunate”).
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| Weight | 2.9 kg |
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