Persis Songline Runner 2

Persis Songline runner 2 is a rectangular wool rug.‎Zollanvari Super Fine GabbehIn Persis Songline from the Dreamtime Chants Collection there is a fusion of aesthetics: south Persian tribal art (stripes of colour that are archetypal geometric Gabbeh design motifs (here vertical) – a ‘pathway’ or ‘stairway to heaven’); Aborigine ‘soul’ paintings (elongated lines that represent sand hills); contemporary Western art movements like Spatialism (combining elements to make something new)… all harmonised into an abstract, bold, expressive composition.‎The circle is considered a symbol of unity and also infinity, without beginning or end, the ultimate geometric symbol.‎ As Ralph Waldo Emerson put it: “The eye is the first circle; The horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end – a veritable metaphor for nature.‎” The fundamental characteristic of Art Nouveau is the asymmetrically undulating line, with a dynamic and energetic ending resembling a spearhead.‎ Combine this with the significance of circles in Aboriginal art and you have a cultural fusion rug design par excellence.‎