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I bought this rug recently, which I take to be Baharlu (Khamseh) and became interested in that wacky border composition. Mine seems to be a kind of Jazz Age interpretation of a pattern which appears in a range of different geometric or curvilinear forms, including some on those Lion Rugs of Fars.
I understand the tall thin shapes may represent trees and that the main "butterfly" shape is composed of (three?) interlocking botehs. i wonder what the origin of this composition might have been and whether it is related to that common geometrical Khamseh border (bottom right in my second pic.).
Do you guys have other examples in your collections, especially old ones or any with that cane design field design?
I understand the tall thin shapes may represent trees and that the main "butterfly" shape is composed of (three?) interlocking botehs. i wonder what the origin of this composition might have been and whether it is related to that common geometrical Khamseh border (bottom right in my second pic.).
Do you guys have other examples in your collections, especially old ones or any with that cane design field design?
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