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Khamseh Province Shahsevan Sumak Bag Face

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Khamseh Province Shahsevan Sumak Bag Face

Size: 71cm(H) x 58cm(W) / 2'4"(H) x 1'11"(W)
Region: West Asia ? Persia ? Northwest Persia ? Shahsavan
Item Type: Rugs and Carpets ? Bags and Trappings ? Bagface
Period / Date: 1850 - 1880
Materials: wool wrapping and ground wefts, cotton warps
Condition: Very Good
Comments On Condition: very good condition
Full Description: Closely related to pls. 36 & 37 in my Sumak Bags of Northeast Persia and Transcaucasia. Formerly in the Myer-Muller Collection.

JBOC: Sumak Bags Plates 36 is from the collection of Bill Call and Linda Slette. Sumak Bags Plate 37 is from the C. Seidman collection I am not sure just who "C" Seidman but I khew C's father Bill Seidman from the Textile Museum. Bill used to do the Saturday morning programs at leat once a quarter with Ed Zimmerman. The both were nice fellows who know a good bit about rugs.

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