Marsh Arab Rug

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Marsh arab rug.

Care cleaning of your handmade rug. I feel so fortunate to own such a piece. In the marsh arabs wilfred thesiger describes his intermittent eight year stay with the marsh arabs of southern iraq during the 1950s. A charming and lively rug that is old for its type embroidered on a hand woven blanket.

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1001 faces of orientalism. Mid 20th century. Make an offer today. One year i was fortunate to spot a piece of a vintage embroidered iraqi wedding blanket stitched by the marsh arabs of southern iraq pictured above.

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The blanket is camel wool and the chain stitch is formed using a tambour or ari hook.