Shiraz Rug: 155cm x 118cm sub-Curios There is of course the

There is of course the possibility of modernisation and restoration if so desired

Of octagonal form

Evocative of the magic of the fairground

The bright

but as this example is nineteenth-century

Shiraz Rug: 155cm x 118cm sub-Curios There is of course theShiraz rugs are the work or nomads and are fairly soft. Traditionally these rugs were knotted on a foundation of wool and cattle hair, with a woolen pile. Qashgai tribes make these lovely rugs and many of them are collected for transport in the town of Shiraz in southern Iran. Shiraz pieces are generally more loosely knotted than, for example, Qashgai rugs. The colours of the ground are red and blue, more rarely cream, and often rather defined. The