Antique Beshir, Afghanistan, late nineteenth centuryAntique Beshir carpets are famed for their ability to translate classic Persian design into a more geometric or tribal idiom. This example, however, recalls the early carpets of Ottoman Turkey and Timurid Persia, with its pattern of intersecting octagons, deriving ultimately from Byzantine and Early Islamic art. The various hexagonal compartments are filled with floral motifs of later type, while the various borders recall the geometric motifs of Central Asian Turkoman carpets. The palette of soft tan and cinnamon tones gives the carpet a much more flexible and decorative quality suitable to modern décor.

Antique Beshir, Afghanistan, late nineteenth centuryAntique Beshir carpets are famed for their ability to translate classic Persian design into a more geometric or tribal idiom. This example, however, recalls the early carpets of Ottoman Turkey and Timurid Persia, with its pattern of intersecting octagons, deriving ultimately from Byzantine and Early Islamic art. The various hexagonal compartments are filled with floral motifs of later type, while the various borders recall the geometric motifs of Central Asian Turkoman carpets. The palette of soft tan and cinnamon tones gives the carpet a much more flexible and decorative quality suitable to modern décor.

Antique Beshir, Afghanistan, late nineteenth centuryAntique Beshir carpets are famed for their ability to translate classic Persian design into a more geometric or tribal idiom. This example, however, recalls the early carpets of Ottoman Turkey and Timurid Persia, with its pattern of intersecting octagons, deriving ultimately from Byzantine and Early Islamic art. The various hexagonal compartments are filled with floral motifs of later type, while the various borders recall the geometric motifs of Central Asian Turkoman carpets. The palette of soft tan and cinnamon tones gives the carpet a much more flexible and decorative quality suitable to modern décor.

Style: Beshir
Origin: Afghanistan
Size: 12 ft x 17 ft 04 in (3.66 m x 5.28 m)

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