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Jul
These rugs are characterized by flat stitching (rugs woven without pile) with the colored ends of the wool hanging loose on the back. The first oriental rugs that history recorded were these napless rugs,...
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22
Jul
Caucasian Rug
The north of Iran is a large rug weaving district which has been referred to “The Caucasus”. It extends from the Black Sea on the west...
22
Jul
Turkoman Rug
The Turkoman tribesman, whose ancestors were the Mongol Turks, settled between Bojnurd and Gonband-Kavus (towns located to the south east of the Caspian Sea). Some of...
22
Jul
A great number of rugs are made by the Baluchi tribes which have settled in the region of Khorasan since the 18th century around Mashhad, Torbat-e-Heydariyeh, Torbat-e-jam, Sarakhs and in the Province of Sistan-Baluchestan...
22
Jul
The town of Kashmar is about 150 kilometers South-west of Mashhad produces a great number of large sizes with different designs from Kashan, Kerman, Tabriz, and Varamin. The main colors are red and dark...
22
Jul
The finest carpets of Khorasan come from the Birjand region; the designs that are most preferred by the weavers of this region are Harati (bee fish) and Botteh. Orange-red, used with a contrasting blue...
22
Jul
Mashhad, the capital of the Khorasan is the largest weaving center in north east of Iran. In Mashhad there is a tradition of weaving in the style of Kerman or Yazd. Mashhad rugs belong...
22
Jul
The vast province of Khorasan is one of the most important weaving centers in Iran. The art of carpet weaving in this province dates back to the Sassanian period (241-641 AD). When Shah-Rokh Mirza...
22
Jul
Yazd is located on the road that leads from Esfahan to Kerman and is also on the border of the Central desert of Iran (Dasht-e-Kavir). Long ago, this city was one of the most...
22
Jul
The ancestors of the Afshar tribesmen were the Turkamans, who first dwelled in the Caucasian area and around Lake Orumiyeh (north-west of Iran). Successively by order of both Shah Esmail Safavi (1502-1524) and Nadar...