Vintage Ghalamkar Hand Painted Round 41”X127” Bedspread Sofa Covering Tablecloth

Ghalamkar is a traditional Iranian textile printing method that uses wooden blocks to create patterns on cloth. It's been used in Iran since ancient times and is still famous today! Esfahan is one of the most important Ghalamkar producing cities throughout the world. SIZE: 41” X 127” DESCRIPTION The Round Ghalamkar Tablecloth is hand printed with wooden stamps to form in the center a parallel lines of Persian Paisley in Red & Blue and on the side with straight large Bote Jeghe and small standing on the edges! Your dinner table, Bed or couches looks great with this ghalamkar cloth. WHAT IS GHALAMKAR TEXTILE? Ghalamkar fabric is a type of Textile handprinting or handpainting, patterned Iranian Fabric. The fabric is printed using patterned wooden stamps. The stamps are mostly made of pear wood which has better flexibility & density for carving & longstanding utility. Ghalamkar designs are mostly arabesque, flora & fauna, geometric, pre-Islamic, hunting scenes, polo games, Persian poems, Armenian & Hebrew inscriptions. A tapestry may be stamped depending on its density & size, between 100 & 10s of thousands of times. For instance, a six-person table-cloth (2 meters by 1.4 meters) should be stamped about 580 times in a normal work, while with the same size up to 4000 times in an elegant work. AMAZING! Vintage Condition: Breathtaking, Truly Astonishing! I am sick I have to sell, been in my Fam for years! Shows wear- refer 2nd last pic. One Of A Kind! SOLD OUT!