The description you provided details an impressive and collectible antique Persian Bijar Halwai carpet. Here's a summary of the key features and characteristics mentioned:
Size: The carpet measures 9 feet 2 inches in width by 12 feet 10 inches in length, making it a substantial and room-sized piece.
Design: The carpet features an all-over Herati design, a classic and intricate pattern widely used in Persian rugs.
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The materials are wool pile with cotton foundation. The colors are from vegetable dyes, and the general pattern is floral and geometric design inside two borders.
The overall condition is excellent. There are no tears, breaks or holes. The side bindings are intact and original. The ends are bound. The pile is high . The rug has been professionally washed.
Southwest Persia.
Period: circa 1880.
Materials: Wool pile, wool warp and weft.
Condition: Very good minor restorations.
Antique Afshar rugs, produced by nomads and villagers in southeastern Iran in the cities of Shiraz, Kerman and Yazd.
The name Afshar derives from the tribe who designs and creates these rugs This tribe is originally from Turkey and Turkmen Confederation, includes 24 other tribes. In the 16th century.
Afshar rugs are similar to antique Caucasian rugs in their rug colors and styles.
Afshar rugs are quite distinguishable.
