Jajims of the Shahsavan

Jajims, strip-woven flat-weaves, have been used as, blankets, bedding, wraps and general utility textiles for centuries in the Near East and Central Asia. Indeed, various striped textiles illustrated in Persian court miniature paintings from as early as the fourteenth century may very well be depictions of these multifaceted cloths. Woven in colorful bands of wool and silk their design is simple, elegant and timeless.


Among the exquisite array of textile objects woven by the Shahsevan confederation of tribes, nomads first mobilized in the northwestern border areas of what was then the Safavid Persian empire in ca. 1600, jajims have been prized as luxury domestic objects in Iran for generations. The collection of Shahsevan jajims presented here by Seref Ozen of Cocoon date mainly from various points in the nineteenth century. This exhibition is a tribute to the growing international popularity of these versatile and beautiful textiles.

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1. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave

1. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

2. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave

3. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave

3. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave(detail)

4. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave.

4. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

5.Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave

5. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave(detail)

6. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave

6. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

7. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave

7. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

8. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave

8. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

9. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave

9. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

10. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave

10. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

11. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave

11. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

12. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave

12. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

13. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave

13. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

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14. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

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15. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

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16. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

17. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave

17. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

18. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave

18. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

19. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave

19. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

20. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave

20. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

21. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave

21. Shahsevan strip-woven flat-weave (detail)

22. Shahsevan silk jajim

22. Shahsevan silk jajim (detail)

23. Shahsevan silk jajim

23. Shahsevan silk jajim (detail)

24. Shahsevan silk jajim

24. Shahsevan silk jajim (detail)