A Luri Rug

A Luri Rug, Persia, late 19th C. A very rare and unusual rug, probably woven by the Persian Lurs from the Veramin area. Beautiful fleecy mountain wool, skilfully composed with a checkerboard drawing in a limited palette of colours, primarily including shades of red, blue and undyed white wool. Some may suggest this to be a Bakhtiari weaving, as suggested by the classic panel design favored by that tribe. Each of the twenty four rectangular panels is filled with a unique set of icons formed with smaller squares, some possibly representing ancient board games. The major border continues with the geometric theme, including rectangles filled with compressed or flattened crab-like icongraphy. 7 ft 11 in by 5 ft 5 in

A Luri Rug, Persia, late 19th C. A very rare and unusual rug, probably woven by the Persian Lurs from the Veramin area. Beautiful fleecy mountain wool, skilfully composed with a checkerboard drawing in a limited palette of colours, primarily including shades of red, blue and undyed white wool. Some may suggest this to be a Bakhtiari weaving, as suggested by the classic panel design favored by that tribe. Each of the twenty four rectangular panels is filled with a unique set of icons formed with smaller squares, some possibly representing ancient board games. The major border continues with the geometric theme, including rectangles filled with compressed or flattened crab-like icongraphy. 7 ft 11 in by 5 ft 5 in

A Luri Rug, Southern Persia, late 19th C. The blue field is filled with paisleys in a wide range of colours. The paisleys, or botehs, are skilfully arranged in a diagonal formation, adding a secondary dimension to the nave composition. Three independent borders frame the central field. The outermost minor is in the classic scrolling vine and butterfly drawing, the handsome slightly wider main border includes stylized flowers and rosettes, and the innermost border is a beautiful multicolour barber-pole representation. 8 ft 5 in by 4 ft 2 in

A Luri Rug, Southwest Persia, late 19th C. A rare and large Luri rug from the Fars district of Southwest Persia. The rug is filled with crab like iconography across the entire field and appears to be related to the weavings of the Shekarlu Qashqai tribe. A beautiful triple border system, including two surrounding Luri scrolling vine flower borders encasing a gorgeous multicoloured barber-pole border. 8 ft 1 in by 5 ft 7 in

A Luri Rug, Southwest Persia, late 19th C. An unusual large Luri rug filled with colourful botehs arranged in a circumscribed rhomboid diagonals format. A range of glorious colours and soft high altititude wool provide remarkable sheen to this weaving. Two classic scrolling vine minor borders protect a diagonal stacked squares border also sometime seen in certain South Caucasian weavings. 8 ft 4 in by 5 ft 6 in

A Luri Rug, Southwest Persia, late 19th C. A stunning fragmentary Southwest Persian rug, most likely woven by the Luri tribe, though it contains abundant imagery used by the Qashqai Shekarlu weavers. A blue field completely filled with numerous icons including human figures, blossoms, plants, birds and animals. A striking and rare white ground main border filled with stacked fan tailed birds, most likely representing peacocks. A good piece that may be mounted and displayed as tribal art for the wall. 5 ft 6 in by 3 ft 8 in