Vintage Yalameh rug from Iran. 93x60 cms

A cheerful vintage Qashqai rug with peacocks. This unusual rug, with a yellow background has a flock of peacocks that carry in their backs… a goat! Each bird is coloured differently. 

Material: 100% hand-spun sheep wool

Size: 93×60 cms

Origin: Yalameh tribe, Iran

Date of weaving: 2000s

Semi-nomadic tribe (probably of Luri origin) who inhabit the Bakhtiari region of Iran, near the town of Shah Reza. Pile rugs are quite finely knotted, employ good quality wool (which is also normally used for warps and wefts) and tend to be fairly long and narrow. Designs are usually based on repeating hooked-diamonds, or other geometric motifs – although amulet/medallion,  panelled and latticed formats are also found – in an often dazzling interplay of contrasting reds, blues, greens, yellow, orange, cream and white.