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Pair Silk Wefted Bags

Pair Silk Wefted Bags

  • Number 15960

  • Style Medallion

  • Material Wool & Silk

  • Origin Qashqai

  • Type Tribal

  • Size 57 x 57 + 55 x 55

  • Age 1880

Story

I find it amazing that a nomadic weaver decided to buy silk at great cost from a faraway market and use it for the wefts of these matching bag faces. Why? The only possible reason was that she wanted to create the mother of all saddlebags with the highest possible finesse. So either a challenge or she was commissioned to weave them for an individual of some importance, like a Khan of the tribe. I know of no other bag faces woven with silk wefts so this pair is unique and as collectible as they come!

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