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Plush Wool Vintage Runner with Apricot Boteh Design, c.1940's
$1,850
£1,394.91
€1,607.44
CA$2,566.45
A$2,875.69
CHF 1,496.91
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NOK 19,000.48
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Swasti Plush Wool Apricot Boteh Design Vintage Runner
About: This is a fantastic piece with an iconic boteh design and filled with random animal motifs that are signs of protection. The boteh motifs are signs of seeds/fertility/growth/prosperity - but if we take the most direct and literal meaning of them, the seed, and the animals are signs of protection - then the weaver could have woven this design speaking to the world that this rug was woven for her children and to be protected forever. That is beautiful!! It is only through these messages and hidden symbols that we can connect the dots that the weaver intended for her art, as she isn't longer alive to tell her story. This is why these pieces are so mysterious and arbitrary yet the meanings are hidden in plain sight if we're willing to open our eyes and hearts. The colors of apricot, rust, autumn, and an amber meets umber are so pretty, only to be grounded with the stark contrast of the deep indigo blues, softer medium blues, random greens that pop through particular parts of the design, the beige, even some random purple! Such a wild color palette. An awesome mountain-inspired border around the perimeter and the chain-linked boteh design where no two seeds touching are alike, and the animals watch over. Lastly, if you look close - you will see the most controversial symbol of the 21st century - the swastika. Obviously, this rug was woven before ww1 and ww2 so the meaning of the motif was intended to represent what it was always intended to represent - balance, the four pillars of life, and all the other positive meanings this symbol represented in ancient oriental and middle eastern culture hundreds and hundreds of years ago. I actually love seeing this symbol in antique rugs and textiles because it gives us a chance to embrace the true meaning and try and erase the meaning that hitler made famous. If we are educated, then we can educate anyone else that sees this symbol and maybe one day bring it back to its original meanings of all that is good. This rug has an incredibly soft wool pile with natural goat hair foundation making it a soft and floppy handle yet nice and dense in terms of the weave. Some minor age-related wear but nothing really worth mention or easily notable - but all in all, you will love this charming nomadic piece!
Size: 4 x 10.4
Age: Antique C. 1940's
Pile: Low/Med
This rug is also available with a custom cut pad (sold separately).
- Dimensions:Width: 124.8 in (317 cm)Length: 48 in (121.92 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:c.1940's
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Milwaukee, WI
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU7601231897332
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