Persian Shiraz

Persian ShirazThe lovely and highly geometrically patterned textiles made by the Shahsavan tribe a large group living a nomadic lifestyle in Northeastern Persia are referred to as Shahsavan (Saveh) rugs. It was the Persian kings of the 17th century that resettled the Shahsavan tribes from their home in Central Asia, which accounts for the similarity in style between Shahsavan rugs and those developed by the Turkomans and tribes from Central Asia. A rectilinear

design which consists of a garden field with compartments or squares filled with roses

in the province of Hamadan

Because they resist insect infestations that destroy carpets

with the exception of the finest carpets

and Karabagh carpets were categorized according to the animals depicted: artsvagorgs (eagle-carpets)

The lovely and highly geometrically patterned textiles made by the Shahsavan tribe – a large group living a nomadic lifestyle in Northeastern Persia – are referred to as Shahsavan (Saveh) rugs

which produces high quality Persian rugs of excellent repute

The pile is cut thin on these hard-wearing rugs

rug merchants from Kashan moved their looms along the trade route to Qum

It is the semi-nomadic Kudish people of Markad

less busy design

these pieces are always knotted in rich reds and blues