Zagheh · Hand-Knotted - Red, 209x86 cm Isabel Howlett Studio 49 : Barbel

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Zagheh · Hand-Knotted - Red, 209x86 cm Isabel Howlett Studio 49 : BarbelZagheh rugs come from the Zanjan region in the north west of Persia, a hilly stretch of country where many villages weave and every place keeps its own formal language. The knotters work from memory and out of their surroundings: what takes shape here is thought geometrically, with diamonds, hooks, jagged stars and angular medallions, set by hand rather than drawn from a cartoon. It is exactly these clear, strong forms and the varied colouring that