Village Rug Tabriz - 1.50x1.06 Turkaman

Village Rug Tabriz - 1.50x1.06 TurkamanThe first thing one notices about this carpet is the pronounced motif overall pattern that provides great unity to the carpet. The carpet is made from wool and comes from the city of Tabriz. Tabriz is situated in north western Iran, in the province of Azerbaijan, and is the capital of a very important carpet weaving region. The town is over 1000 years old and even centuries ago it was famous as a cultural centre. The Tabriz carpets are of very good

It is made from wool and comes from the city of Tabriz

For more than 50 years

small city located in the Province of Khorassan

and these weavers gave the rug its distinctive design

and there are 240 to 550 knots to each square inch in a silk one

Today Arak continues to produce semi-tribal or “village” rugs similar to those made in this part of Iran over two thousand years ago

At the end of the 20th century

being a couplet from Persian poet Hafiz Shirazi which reads I have no refuge in the world other than thy threshold

although a lot of changes have been made to the designs

This energetic carpet is pictorial in design and made of kourk wool

Sometimes Gabehs are coarse reworkings of carpet designs from elsewhere in Iran

practical weaving techniques that reflect everyday rural use