Description

This Bakhtiari runner rug, along with other weavings, is a major artform of the Bakhtiari tribe, located in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. The Kheshti (squared) an established garden motif, is perhaps the most well-known rug design. The carpet is divided into individual squares with animals and plants like cedar and pine acting as symbols. The wool is considered to be one of the best in Iran, since the wool comes from sheep which graze in the mountains thus making the wool fat and shiny.