Antique Afshar Carpets. The afshar carpet is considered one of the best examples of nomadic art among carpets with their primitive and majestic beauty. Around the city of kerman in the southeast of iran reside the semi nomads from the afshar tribe. An afshar carpet handmade by semi nomadic afshars in the district of kerman in the southeast of iran.
Kerman afshar antique carpets often has a geometrical pattern with red orange and the hard to achieve teal green color. Afshar rugs carpets the rugs of the afshar tribes constitute one of the most interesting and ingratiating types of all persian rustic weaving.
For hundreds of years these nomads lived in the northwest of iran but a part of the tribe were compulsorily transferred to today s area where carpet manufacturing became an important branch of.
Antique afshar southeast persian 4ft 2in x 5ft 7in circa 1875. The fred moheban gallery offers over 50 years of industry experience with one of the finest collections of antique afshar rugs and carpets for sale. Around the city of kerman in the southeast of iran reside the semi nomads from the afshar tribe. The afshars are a tribe of turkmen azeri origin who presently occupy an area within southeast iran near modern day kerman.
