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Persian hand made carpets are some of the finest in the world. Persia is reknowed for its fine carpets worldwide.
Carpets are traditionally named after the area from which it was made. Hence a carpet made it the town of Tabriz wold be call a Persian Tabriz. Each town or village has become known for its individual styles and colour ranges. Designs also are very traditional but can be copied. Carpets can be made from wool, wool and silk or silk.
HAMADAN.
Hamadan is a major city in Iran that is located west of the capital, Teheran. Hamadan rugs are known for their single heavy cotton shot of weft and are made with thick, high quality wool. There are about 1500 villages in this city, and each village consistently used 2 designs, each unique from the other villages. Although the methodology in constructing a Hamadan rug is consistent for each village, the designs vary, making each and every Hamadan rug unique. Hamadan is famous for their impeccable production of the runner. This long rug is ideal for hallway spaces. Dark red, ivory and a very distinctive blue are very common colors used for these rugs. The texture of these rugs is typically soft wool, and thin, tight piles. A Hamadan is a great rug to walk all over because it is extremely durable and the color remains just like new.
KESHAN.
Zobeida, the favourite wife of the famous Caliph Haroun-al-Rasheed, established the town of Kashan, which is situated between Tehran and Isfahan. The town of Kashan is the third in the long line of towns, which follow each other at distances of from 75 to 150 miles along the western fringe of the Great Desert on the highway to India.
Kashan, in spite of its disabilities, possesses a long and honourable record; for its inhabitants, unable to gain a livelihood from the inhospitable land, turned their hands to industry and made their town the principal centre in Persia for the production of fine textiles in cotton, wool and silk as well as fine carpets.
The Kashan district is possibly one of the best producers of Persian Carpets. These carpets have taken the name of the region, and are simply referred to as the “Kashan”. Due to the very high quality of the wool, the very fine weaving and the beautiful colours and designs, Kashan have become to be classified among the finest Persian Carpets.
The warp and weft are made of cotton or silk. The designs vary from medallions with tendrils to vases, and from all over patterns to very fine floral designs.
However, the most common designs are those with central medallions.
ISHPHAN.
Isfahan carpets are amongst the best of Persian carpets and are as hard wearing as they are decorative. Choice old and antique pieces which can still be found on the market. The overall color effect of the new Isfahans is pale, beige or light blue. However, sometimes as many as fifteen colors are used for contrast and outlines, including several different red shades. There are numerous, very intricately drawn and precisely executed patterns; floral shapes and arabesque tendril work predominate as well as realistically drawn birds, flowers, palmettes and rosettes. Carpets have central, multi-lobed medallians or less frequently, repeat patterns. A large Shah Abbas border generally predominates; other floral border desgins are taken from the field. Field and borders are clearly separated, often by between two and five minor borders and guard
TABRIZ.
Tabriz is situated in northwestern 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 quality, finely knotted and made of strong lustrous wool. There are old carpets in private homes, used for years, which are still excellent condition, and the colours have kept their brightness.
A survey of carpet weaving centres of Persia must give a pride of place to Tabriz, not because the best carpets are woven there, for better carpets might be produced in other localities, but because of the long, honorable association of the city with this craft, and especially because the revival of the industry itself in the second half of the 19th century, was due in a large measure to the skill, the enterprise and vision of the men of Tabriz.
Carpets are traditionally named after the area from which it was made. Hence a carpet made it the town of Tabriz wold be call a Persian Tabriz. Each town or village has become known for its individual styles and colour ranges. Designs also are very traditional but can be copied. Carpets can be made from wool, wool and silk or silk.
HAMADAN.
Hamadan is a major city in Iran that is located west of the capital, Teheran. Hamadan rugs are known for their single heavy cotton shot of weft and are made with thick, high quality wool. There are about 1500 villages in this city, and each village consistently used 2 designs, each unique from the other villages. Although the methodology in constructing a Hamadan rug is consistent for each village, the designs vary, making each and every Hamadan rug unique. Hamadan is famous for their impeccable production of the runner. This long rug is ideal for hallway spaces. Dark red, ivory and a very distinctive blue are very common colors used for these rugs. The texture of these rugs is typically soft wool, and thin, tight piles. A Hamadan is a great rug to walk all over because it is extremely durable and the color remains just like new.
KESHAN.
Zobeida, the favourite wife of the famous Caliph Haroun-al-Rasheed, established the town of Kashan, which is situated between Tehran and Isfahan. The town of Kashan is the third in the long line of towns, which follow each other at distances of from 75 to 150 miles along the western fringe of the Great Desert on the highway to India.
Kashan, in spite of its disabilities, possesses a long and honourable record; for its inhabitants, unable to gain a livelihood from the inhospitable land, turned their hands to industry and made their town the principal centre in Persia for the production of fine textiles in cotton, wool and silk as well as fine carpets.
The Kashan district is possibly one of the best producers of Persian Carpets. These carpets have taken the name of the region, and are simply referred to as the “Kashan”. Due to the very high quality of the wool, the very fine weaving and the beautiful colours and designs, Kashan have become to be classified among the finest Persian Carpets.
The warp and weft are made of cotton or silk. The designs vary from medallions with tendrils to vases, and from all over patterns to very fine floral designs.
However, the most common designs are those with central medallions.
ISHPHAN.
Isfahan carpets are amongst the best of Persian carpets and are as hard wearing as they are decorative. Choice old and antique pieces which can still be found on the market. The overall color effect of the new Isfahans is pale, beige or light blue. However, sometimes as many as fifteen colors are used for contrast and outlines, including several different red shades. There are numerous, very intricately drawn and precisely executed patterns; floral shapes and arabesque tendril work predominate as well as realistically drawn birds, flowers, palmettes and rosettes. Carpets have central, multi-lobed medallians or less frequently, repeat patterns. A large Shah Abbas border generally predominates; other floral border desgins are taken from the field. Field and borders are clearly separated, often by between two and five minor borders and guard
TABRIZ.
Tabriz is situated in northwestern 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 quality, finely knotted and made of strong lustrous wool. There are old carpets in private homes, used for years, which are still excellent condition, and the colours have kept their brightness.
A survey of carpet weaving centres of Persia must give a pride of place to Tabriz, not because the best carpets are woven there, for better carpets might be produced in other localities, but because of the long, honorable association of the city with this craft, and especially because the revival of the industry itself in the second half of the 19th century, was due in a large measure to the skill, the enterprise and vision of the men of Tabriz.