Lur Rug 262 x 128 CM

This beautiful carpet was woven by the ladies of the Lur tribe of Iran and, as in many Persian carpets, depicts a garden as a sacred place of peace. Represented by the three slender medallion images with floral palmetts. It is the embodiment of the feminine, the powerful ancient Iranian goddess of water, fertility, wisdom and healing. Annahita.The black centre medallion represents the deep space of night.

This carpet was probably woven in a mountain village where there is little or no intrusion of city lights and the firmament is fully visible. The upper and lower green medallions are daytime flowering flora. Placed on either side of the medallions are the vertical trees of life with balanced flowers with sparkling, bejewelled raindrops.

The warm red field contains a random pattern of palmettes, creating a spacious feeling of space and harmony. The four white corner spandrels hold the main field, while the whole main carpet is surrounded by a protective mountain pattern known in Persian as Medakhel,” to ward off evil eyes”.

This carpet is an exceptional work of tribal weaving using natural dyes and handspun wool. It was probably woven over the course of a year beginning after the Spring shearing,and completed by the following Spring. This can be seen in the different dying batches of wool (Abrash) woven as the seasons progress. It would have been used in a domestic situation by the family who made it and passed on over time as its circumstances dictate.

Its condition is perfect, owing to no shoes being worn in its location and it is probably 30 /40 years old.

Dimensions: 262 x 128 CM 8’9″ X 4′ 3″