Tribal Carpets Iran

Combining unique details with traditional family.

Tribal carpets iran. Baluch persian rugs originated in the southern part of iran by an nomadic baluch tribes. As such they represent miscellaneous simultaneous lines of tradition and reflect the history of iran and its various peoples. The region is very inhospitable with bitterly cold winters and extremely hot summers the main balouchi weaving area is a stretch of about 500 km along the persian afghan border. Persian carpets and rugs of various types were woven in parallel by nomadic tribes in village and town workshops and by royal court manufactories alike.

Tribal beluch rug afghanistan iranage. These hand woven mats were woven in the province of sistan and balchistan which is located on the very southeast boundaries of iran and pakistan. The baluch for example are found throughout southern iran afghanistan and pakistan. 1 84m x 92m 6ft x3ft balouchistan is a sparsely populated area of arid deserts and mountains that straddles the borders of pakistan afghanistan and iran.

Apart from traditional styles made in persia iran like heriz serapi nain kashan tabriz bidjar bakhtiari sarouk and the list can be really long this category also includes many other types of traditional rugs made not commercially by small nomadic tribes like the balouch kazaks kurds afshar kargai ersari qashqai in some of the most remote corners of the world. Also from the vast province of khorassan which is just to the north came a lotof baluch persian rugs. Our collections includes antique rugs persian rugs wool rugs silk rug kazak rugs tribal rugs hand woven rugs flat weave rug contemporary rugs modern rugs traditional rugs transitional rugs. Antique tribal persian qashqai rugs.

The first tribal rugs were hand knotted by nomadic or tribal women all over the world with a very practical purpose staying warm. Shahbanu rugs is one of the major retailers of hand knotted oriental rugs in the united states. قشقایی is a conglomeration of clans in iran consisting of mostly turkic peoples but also lurs kurds and arabs. Also spelled qashqa i qashqay kashkai kashkay qashqayı gashgai gashgay ghashghaei persian.

Tribal carpets on the other hand usually use geometric designs which are easier to achieve with wider spaced knots. The best rugs in turkey shop tribal collections for beautiful authentic handmade area rugs vintage kilims antique carpets affordable rugs boho cushions visit ruth lockwood to shop quality rugs in goreme or buy rugs online highly recommended trusted name for rugs. We carry a large variety of handmade rugs with new colors abstract designs and geometric patterns.