Antique Kurdish Tribal Family Rug - Kurdish Family Woven into Rug

Kurdish Homelands of North West Persia - The central design is a Kurdish interpretation of an herati type pattern with stylised floral motifs in light pinks, light blue, light yellow and ivory on a dark brown/charcoal field. The weaver has placed the family in the rug with a man in his chapan coat on the right side and the wife and daughter on the left with a family dog! Notice also the pair of birds lower bottom inside the field edge to each side. It has an attractive "abrash" bands running across the rug (Different dye batches in the yarns of wool used which produce tonal bands). It has been hand washed and de-dusted, last images. All over even lustrous rugged wool pile. original cotton selvedge to top end. all sides and ends secured. Wool pile hand knotted onto cotton warp and wool weft threads. **Over 30 images to peruse** A very nice rug for the money.