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Rugmaging around in my rug bunker I realized that several of my SW Persian pieces have a similar design feature of a Latchhook Diamond or bird-heads motif. I put a group of these bag faces on a wall and thought a Show and Tell would be interesting. I posted the pix at "medium" size - the new software should enable you to see a closer version.
Here is a Luri carpet which has a column of these diamonds:
Here is the smallest of the bagfaces at 17" x 14" with this basic design. Not sure if it is Luri, but it is most likely SW Persian. It also is the piece with the most basic version of the 2-1-2 design but with the 2 being small quadrupeds in alternating colors.
Next is a "very" Luri version at 21" x 20", with soft, plush wool, bright, luminous colors and a more complex design with the corner motifs of smaller latchhooks in different-colored hexagons. The central motif is a version of the "endless knot" which is the most common central design.
Next is a 22" x 20" piece which could be either Luri or Khamseh - or some might even say Qashqa'i. Heck, some folks might even say Afshar, but those people are suspect - you know the type; they believe in UFOs and such. The corner devices of decomposing latchhooks - without the surrounding hexagons - is a Luri feature.
And the last of the large bagfaces, 24" x 23", likely leaning Khamseh-ish, but certainly open for discussion as well. The corner devices retain the hexagon surrounds
Here is a much smaller piece, some might say Qashqa'i, with lighter colors, perhaps a bit later in date.
Finally, (whew) a couple of "full" bags - one tiny version and one medium-size set with 13" x 12" faces.
And the last set, with 19" x 17" faces:
Questions, comparables, queries?
Patrick Weiler
Here is a Luri carpet which has a column of these diamonds:
Here is the smallest of the bagfaces at 17" x 14" with this basic design. Not sure if it is Luri, but it is most likely SW Persian. It also is the piece with the most basic version of the 2-1-2 design but with the 2 being small quadrupeds in alternating colors.
Next is a "very" Luri version at 21" x 20", with soft, plush wool, bright, luminous colors and a more complex design with the corner motifs of smaller latchhooks in different-colored hexagons. The central motif is a version of the "endless knot" which is the most common central design.
Next is a 22" x 20" piece which could be either Luri or Khamseh - or some might even say Qashqa'i. Heck, some folks might even say Afshar, but those people are suspect - you know the type; they believe in UFOs and such. The corner devices of decomposing latchhooks - without the surrounding hexagons - is a Luri feature.
And the last of the large bagfaces, 24" x 23", likely leaning Khamseh-ish, but certainly open for discussion as well. The corner devices retain the hexagon surrounds
Here is a much smaller piece, some might say Qashqa'i, with lighter colors, perhaps a bit later in date.
Finally, (whew) a couple of "full" bags - one tiny version and one medium-size set with 13" x 12" faces.
And the last set, with 19" x 17" faces:
Questions, comparables, queries?
Patrick Weiler
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If you follow rug pages on Facebook, there is an endless, relentless battle over the origin of several designs, including crosses and such. Marla Mallett has explained that to a great extent, many designs are structurally based - including a "cross" which would consist of 4 knots surrounding a center knot. A diamond is simply a confused cross with a few more knots, one of the simplest figures that a weaver using the grid system (which weavers work within) can make. One thing Luri weavers are good at is not being excessively obsessed with technical perfection. The fourth photo is a bagface which was the "bottom" face on the loom, so it is "upside down". Notice where the field intrudes into the border, here:
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