This Veramin kilim in a long runner format puts on vibrant display the drama and inventive potential of the medium. Though simplistic in its patterning, the rug is a masterfully executed tromp l’oeil composed entirely via a repeating grid.
Ten (and one-half) diamond medallions populate its central field, which resolves into a subdued checkerboard. The field’s interlocking color blocks alternate between red and blue, warm blocks ranging from cinnabar to carmine, the cool from cerulean to seafoam, according to natural variation in the vegetable dyes used. Each medallion is ringed in indigo and outlined from within by camel-colored wool. The entire piece is grounded by a sober border of toffee and rich, earthy brown.
Despite its age, the piece conveys an undeniably modern sensibility, its grid pattern evoking the digital checkerboards that underlie so much of screen-based contemporary life.
Several weaving tribes produced ‘eye-dazzler’ rugs of a similar design, although the motif is frequently attributed to Veramin, a caravan town southeast of Tehran. Garmsar and Afshar attributions for such pieces are also possible. The present piece is unique, however, for its minimal border and the absence of a plain field, instead relying on a repeating pattern in shape — if not color — throughout the field. Somewhat counter-intuitively, the resulting all-over design softens the piece and enhances its utility in contemporary homes or office settings.
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