Persian Shiraz Rug - 1.48 x 1.07 Balouchi

Persian Shiraz Rug - 1.48 x 1.07 BalouchiShiraz has been known for centuries as the city of roses, which is reflected in the motifs of many of the carpets. However, the most common motif, and one by which the carpets may be identified, is the diamond shaped lozenge by itself in the centre of the carpet or repeated along the length twice or three times according to the size. The diamond motif of the Shiraz carpets is usually in light or dark blue and the background is normally red with

but they sometimes illustrate landscape features or historical stories

639 kilometres from Tehran

The central medallion is certainly round in shape

Birjand's rugs are famous and known internationally as "Mood Carpet"

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A rare and impressive hand-woven tribal Bakhtiari carpet with a old medallion containing palmettes & corner spandrels set within a red-toned field of varying palmette motifs

The success of the Kerman carpets is mainly due to the skill of the pattern designers

and the colours have kept their brightness

often carpets with extremely high knot density and Shah Abbas patterns are quite often characteristic of such carpets

a directional point to direct the worshipper towards Mecca

It has a very definite curvilinear theme that runs throughout it

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