Mafrash bedding bag

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A mafrash is a bedding bag, a “box”, from Caucasus, Persia and Eastern Turkey, most often woven in soumak or kilim technique. Mafresh is also connected to Turkmen pile bag faces primarely from the Yomut tribe and these mafrashs bags seems to be more flat.

Caucasian

Baku mafresh
Caucasian Baku mafresh (The 3rd International Symposium of Azerbaijani Carpets)
Afshan Kuba Sumak Mafrash
An antique Afshan Kuba Sumak (Besik/Mafrash). (Material Culture 20 January 2021)

Shahsavan

Lot 0103A. Shahsavan Sumak Cargo Bag
Shahsavan Sumak Cargo Bag (Besik/ Mafrash), Late 19th C. (Material Culture 20 January 2021)
Very old Shahsavan mafrash exhibited by Edoardo Mrino
Shahsavan mafrash ( Edoardo Marino at Sartirana Textile Show 2014)
lA pair of Shahsavan sumac mafrash end panels, north west Persia early 20th century, 1ft.7in. x 1ft.5in. 0.48m. x 0,43m. and 1ft.6in. x 1ft.5in. 0.46m. x 0.43m.
A pair of Shahsavan sumac mafrash end panels, north west Persia early 20th century, 1ft.7in. x 1ft.5in. 0.48m. x 0,43m. and 1ft.6in. x 1ft.5in. 0.46m. x 0.43m.(Netherhampton Salerooms 2 October 2013)
Shasavan soumac mafrash, side panel, first half 19th c.
Shasavan soumac mafrash, side panel, first half 19th c. (Bertram Frauenknecht at Motel Capri)
A mid 19th century Shahsavan mafrash. Size 43x105 cm.
A mid 19th century Shahsavan mafrash. Size 43×105 cm. (Rippon Boswell 26 November 2011)
Shahsavan Soumak Mafrash panel with silk wefts. 46 x 108 cm.
Shahsavan Soumak Mafrash panel with silk wefts. 46 x 108 cm.(Nagel 13 September 2011)
Knotted pile Shahasavan mafrash side panel, early 20th century. 120 x 38 cm.
Knotted pile Shahasavan mafrash side panel, early 20th century. 120 x 38 cm.(Exhibitor Alberto Boralevi at KARMA 2011)

Persian

Qashqa’i Mafrash Side Panel, Bolvardi Tribe first quarter 20th century. Size 48 x 77 cm.
Qashqa’i Mafrash Side Panel, Bolvardi Tribe first quarter 20th century. Size 48 x 77 cm. (Rippon Boswell, The Kossow Collection 26 March 2011)
Varamin panel 2 medallion
Varamin mafrash panel, 2 medallions on red field (Varamin exhition at ARTS 2022)

Turkmen

Lot 337. Pair of rare white ground Yomut Turkmen mafrash faces, Turkmenistan, second half 19th century, each 1ft. 2in. x 2ft. 3in. 0.36m. x 0.69m. £1700-2000
Pair of white ground Yomut Turkmen mafrash faces, Turkmenistan, second half 19th century, each 1ft. 2in. x 2ft. 3in. 0.36m. x 0.69m. (Netherhampton Salerooms 4 March 2015)
Tekke Mafrash face, Turkmenistan, 2nd half 19th ct. Size 24 x 80 cm.
Tekke Mafrash face, Turkmenistan, 2nd half 19th ct. Size 24 x 80 cm.(Nagel 13 March 2013)
From the Collection of Joseph W. Fell: An Ersari mafrash, Middle Amu Darya region, Turkestan circa 1880 approximately 1ft. 8in. by 3ft. 2in. (0.51 by 0.97m.)
An Ersari mafrash, Middle Amu Darya region, Turkestan circa 1880 approximately 1ft. 8in. by 3ft. 2in. (0.51 by 0.97m.) (From the Collection of Joseph W. Fell at Sothebys 19 May 2011)

Also read the article about the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum’s collection of mafreshes by Amina Melikova.