Antique Salt-Bag, Shahsevan Tribes of Varamin, North-Central Persia.
Price
£675
| $891 USD | €767 EUR
Item Ref
BM/SH1
Description
This charming namakdan (salt-bag) was woven by Shahsevan nomads in the environs of Varamin in north-central Persia circa 1900. It is completely original with braided handle and neck tassels and incorpoates beautiful natural shades of sky and mid blues, soft orange and some green. I suspect the purple-pink colour used as highlighting and obvious in the two neck tassels, is an early synthetic dye by the name of fuchsine, which was used sparingly as a bright new colour, from 1870 through until 1900.Size: 38 cm (1' 3") square.
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Internal Ref: BM/SH1
Dimensions
Height = 38 cm (15")Width = 38 cm (15")
Depth = 0 cm (0")
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