Kurdish Bags

Examples:


Antique East Anatolian weftless Sumak Kurdish bag Circa 1860

Antique East Anatolian weftless Sumak Kurdish bag Circa 1860

Size: 53cm(H) x 58cm(W) / 1’9″(H) x 1’11″(W)

Region: West Asia, Turkey, East Anatolia, Kurd

Item Type: Rugs and Carpets/ Bags and Trappings/ Bag

Period / Date: 19th century, mid (1834 – 1866)

Materials: wool

Structure / Technique: simple weft-wrapping (“weftless sumak”)

Condition: Good

Comments On Condition: small repairs in places (corners and edges)


Kurd Bag Western Iran C 1900

Kurd Bag Western Iran C 1900

40 x 45 cm


Kurd Bagface late 19th C

Kurd Bagface late 19th C

Kurd Bagface, Northwest Persia, late 19th century, (even wear to center, end fraying), 3 ft. x 2 ft.


Kurd Soumak Bagface late 19th C

Kurd Soumak Bagface late 19th C

Northwest Persia, late 19th century, (very slight moth damage, small rewoven areas), 2 ft. x 1 ft. 10 in.


Kurd Bagface Azarbayjan-e-Gharbi Province early 20th C 

Kurd Bagface Azarbayjan-e-Gharbi Province early 20th C

Kurd Bagface, Northwest Persia, early 20th century, 2 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 2 in.


Kurd Bagface Azarbayjan-e-Gharbi Province late 19th C 

Kurd Bagface Azarbayjan-e-Gharbi Province late 19th C

Northwest Persia, late 19th century, (small corner gouge, some selvage damage), 3 ft. 7 in. x 2 ft. 10 in.


Kurd Bagface late 19th/early 20th C 

Kurd Bagface late 19th/early 20th C

Kurd Bagface, Northwest Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, (small repair, end fraying, brown corrosion), 1 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 9 in.


Kurd Bag late 19th Century

Kurd Bag late 19th Century

Kurd Bag late 19th Century 16 x 11 (in) 41 x 26 (mm)

An interesting Kurdish flat woven bag. Made in one piece it has since been opened into a single panel. In good condition with natural colors.


Antique Kurdish Khorjin Saddlebag

Antique Kurdish Khorjin Saddlebag

Size: 1 foot 10 inch by 4 foot.

Structure: Symmetrical knot. 7 knots per horizontal inch and 10 knots per vertical inch. 70 per square inch (1085 per square decimeter)

Color: Burnt sienna, dusty rose, forest green, royal blue, amber, ivory.

Yarn Spin: Z.

Warp: 2 ply tan, brown wool.

Weft: 2 shot brown, forest green wool.

Pile: 2 wool singles.

Ends: Folded over stitched plain weave with slits.

Selvages: Joined by plait stitch, forest green, rose, old ivory wool.

Handle: Medium, durable.

Further Notes: Good condition, plait stitch worn, uneven wear to the pile.


Kurdish Pile and Flatweave Salt Bag

Kurdish Pile and Flatweave Salt Bag

20th century. 1 foot 5 inches by 2 foot. (Not including Fringe)

Structure: Asymmetrical knot open left, twining, weft substitution, and sumac.

Yarn Spin: Z.

Warp: Wool, white.

Weft: wool ground color or brown.

Pile: 2 Wool singles.

Ends: Complete salt bag

Selvages: plain.

Further Notes: Excellent condition


Kurdish bagface early 20th C. 

Kurdish bagface early 20th C.

A bagface, KURDISH, early 20th ct. Size 84 x 59 cm