Vintage Persian Qashqai Kilim mamluk design The pile is hand-knotted wool

The pile is hand-knotted wool on a cotton foundation

" For a people who travelled hundreds of kilometres each year

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Only a few centuries back

and the craft has never left the hands of the women who carry it

Vintage Persian Qashqai Kilim mamluk design The pile is hand-knotted woolThe Qashqai are a nomadic tribe from the Fars Province of southwestern Iran, migrating twice a year across the Zagros Mountains between highland summer pastures and lowland winter grazing grounds. They have a saying: "Where I am is my carpet. Where my carpet and I am is my home." For a people who travelled hundreds of kilometres each year, the kilim wasn't dcor. It was home, carried on their backs between worlds. The kilim is the most nomadic of all