A Khamseh 'Striped' Horse Cover, South Persia, Circa 1880 “This is an unusually-shaped piece with a striped-shawl design in alternating blue and ivory
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A KHAMSEH 'STRIPED' HORSE COVER, SOUTH PERSIA, CIRCA 1880 “This is an unusually-shaped piece with a striped-shawl design in alternating blue and ivory. The main border is formed of a trellis-pattern and vine meander on a blue ground. Minor borders are filled with a variety of small geometric shapes. The central piled area is surrounded by a brown kelim border, lateral edges 5 cm wide, joined to a narrow strip of similar kelim weave at both ends. These edges are decorated with rows of countered weft twining. The sides are over-cast in brown wool. Knotting is asymmetrical, open to the right. The warps are in undyed ivory wool with some mixed brown, wefts in brown wool.” (Benjamin, op.cit., LITERATURE: 3rd ed., 2004, pp. 54-55 “Simple piece but looks authentically tribal.” (Benjamin, op.cit., p. 54)
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