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Senneh kilim from northwest Persia
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2004/136/3Object Statement
Senneh kilim (flatweave rug), wool, tapestry weave, Kurdish village weaver, northwest Iran, 1850-1900Physical Description
Senneh kilim (flatweave rug), wool, tapestry weave, Kurdish village weaver, northwest Iran, 1850-1900A finely woven white-ground wool kilim with an overall design featuring a large dark blue-ground diamond pattern in the centre. Both field and diamond are intricately patterned with the floral herati design whose motifs are loosely arranged in lengthways bands. The main border alternates flowers and botehs within a black meander, while the guard stripes contain small scrolling flowers and leaves. The colours include varying shades of blue, red, pink and yellow with the addition of black and natural white wool.
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1400 mmProduction
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Kilims, like this example from the Senneh region of northwest Iran, are flatweave rugs. They are often made using tapestry weave, in which the wefts are discontinuous, ie not extending from selvage to selvage. Tapestry wefts change colour to suit the design, turning back on themselves and often creating slits at the vertical colour junctions. In Senneh kilims however, these slits are largely avoided through the use of slanting or curved wefts, which are worked at an angle to the warp and enable a more curvilinear and much finer design.History
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The Senneh kilim has been in the private collection of the donor, Dr George Soutter, for over twenty years. It was exhibited in the 1983 exhibition 'Unravelling the rug puzzle' in Stage One of the Powerhouse Museum, and published in the catalogue of the same name on page 23. The kilim was later exhibited in 'Flowers of the loom' at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney and published in the accompanying catalogue on page 39. Both exhibitions were curated by members of the Oriental Rug Society of NSW.Source
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Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Dr George Soutter, 2004Acquisition Date
8 October 2004Cite this Object
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