Kilims from the Neiriz Collection at the Volkspark, Halle

November 7, 2014

Neiriz Collection Kilims at the Volkspark, Halle

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A fabulously graphic collection of Persian tribal flatweaves, and some great Caucasian and Anatolian kilims as well. If there's any way to get to this show, in Halle, between Berlin and Leipzig, before the end of November, it should not be missed.

Kilim shahsavan nomads, northwest Persia, late 19th century, northwest-Persia, Azerbaijan. Neiriz Collection 166 x 395 cm

Shahsavan

Shahsavan kilim, Hashtrud area

Qashqa’i

Kuba kilim

Varamin kilim

Kilim, 19th century South-Persia, Fars region, Ghashghai nomads, Kashkuli 172 x 325 cm. “100 kilims’ at Neiriz collection at Halle

Kilim, 19th century South-Persia, Fars region, Ghashghai nomads. 124 x 248 cm. 100 Kilims, Neiriz Collection, Halle

Kilim, late 19th century South-Persia, Fars region, Ghashghai nomads 160 x 283 cm. 100 Kilims, Neiriz Collection, Halle

Jajim (blanket), 19th century. Made from 2 parts South-Persia, Fars region Ghashghai nomads 190 x 233 cm. 100 Kilims, Neiriz Collection, Halle

Modj (blanket), late 19th century. Made from 3 parts Southwest-Persia, Chusestan Luri tribes 148 x 224 cm. 100 Kilims, Neiriz collection at Halle

Jajim (blanket), late 19th century Made from 2 parts South-Persia, Fars region, Luri tribes. 166 x 247 cm. 100 Kilims, Neiriz Collection, Halle

Jajim (blanket), late 19th century. Made from 6 parts Northwest-Persia, Azerbaijan 137 x 210 cm. 100 Kilims, Neiriz Collection, Halle

Pardeh (curtain), around 1900 Made from 5 parts East-Anatolia, kurdish 200 x 380 cm. Neiriz collection at Halle

Shadda, 19th century. Made from 2 parts, South-Caucasus, Azerbaijan 208 x 270 cm. 100 Kilims, Neiriz Collection, Halle

Jajim (blanket), late 19th century. Made from 2 parts South-Persia, Fars region Ghashghai nomads 157 x 255 cm. 100 Kilims, Neriz Collection, Halle

Kilim (made from two parts), late 19th century, South-Persia, Kohgilujeh, Luri tribes 172 x 214 cm. 100 Kilims, Neiriz Collection, Halle

Pardeh (curtain), around 1900, made from 7 parts East-Anatolia, Kurdish 215 x 328 cm. Such a Pardeh was used as a room divider when nomads received guests in their tents, with men and women sitting seperated on each side of the curtain. 100 Kilims, Neiriz Collection

Kilim, around 1800 South-Persia, Fars region, Ghashghai nomads, 190 x 360 cm. 100 Kilims, Neiriz Collection, Halle

Kilim, around 1900 South-Persia, Fars region, Ghashghai nomads 147 x 347 cm. 100 Kilims, Neiriz Collection, Halle

The Berlin artist/art dealer Hamid Sadighi is descended from Southwest Persian tribal khans. Until 30 November 2014, the exhibition ‘100 Kelims’ representing about one third of his collection of 19th century Persian tribal and nomadic flatweaves (arguably the world’s best), as well as some closely related Transcaucasian and Anatolian kilims, is on show at the Volkspark in Halle, a university town between Berlin and Leipzig.  The exhibition is a collaboration between Sadighi and the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, which has been involved in the teaching of textile design since its foundation in 1915. It is an extension of the university’s engagement with textiles, and aims to reach out to a younger audience, broaden horizons, and create new opportunities.