Northwest Persian long rug

Photos do not do justice to this exceptional Kurdish long rug. Color is vivid with a sophisticated pairing of tone on tone and complementary contrasting colors. The striped field punctuated with stylized paisley ‘boteh’ is derived from contemporaneous Persian textiles but the larger scale of drawing as transcribed here, while certainly elegant, is anything but dainty. The crenulated edges of the ‘boteh’ forms imbues the field with a distinct organic vibrancy