Description & Technical information
This knotted Bidjar rug was probably a vagireh, i.e. a sample produced by a workshop in order to show the colours and pattern for a possible order of a larger size. The asymmetry also indicates this is a reduced specimen that was not intended to be sold on the marketplace. Unless the weavers were careless….
©Ch. Vrouyr
Period: around 1880
Medium: warp and weft: wool, pile: wool
Dimensions: 207 x 126 cm (81¹/₂ x 49³/₅ inches)
Categories: Textiles
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