Vintage handknot oriental persian hamadan carpet rug ghandi appx 4 x 7 nice.
Hamadan carpets designs.
Hexagonal shaped and diamond shaped medallions are common.
Every village or smaller group of villages has its own obvious distinctive character.
Typically the rugs have a geometrical design often with a single central medallion.
Among individual pattens the herati is the most common pattern.
Whether pattern quality or knotting density almost anything is possible.
Characteristic designs of hamadan rugs unless you are an expert on rugs hamadans are a little more difficult to identify than most other rugs because of the sheer variety in their patterns colors and designs.
The patterns are very varying and the medallion as well as carpets with repeated patterns occur.
To sum up this carpet is worth its price and are good utility carpets.
These rug are predominantly woven by weavers who speak persian or turki and who are shia moslems.
Older hamadan carpets can be very attractive products.
The hamadan is closely related to carpets that are crafted in the neighboring areas of bibakabad shiraz and lilihan among various other cities.
The persian carpets knotted in the villages and towns surrounding the city may vary greatly.
Hamadans are hand knotted on a vertical loom using cotton warp and weft.
Traditionally antique hamadan rugs feature angular designs large scale arabesques and or curvilinear motifs.
Make offer handmade rug 2 9 x17 hamadan all over design natural wool vintage long runner.
Almost all the hamadan rugs are woven on a cotton foundation using hardy wool from the sheep used to a cooler mountainous climate for the pile.
The hamadan carpet is knotted in 500 600 villages in an area surrounding the city of hamadan in northwestern persia.
A major city in iran that is west of teheran and north of malayer and south of the bijar rug producing areas.
10 5 x 2 7 country.
These designs are woven through the use of fine wool throughout the rug s construction.
Hamadan rug are a catch all description of rugs from a broad area centering on hamadan but extending into the surrounding provinces.
Usually the weft is a single thread and the pile is of good quality wool sometimes mixed with camel hair which is clipped medium to medium long.
The most common designs that can be seen on most rugs from this region consist of the medallion and corner design or the all over boteh or herati designs.
The patterns can vary from overall herati designs to a field of floral or geometric motifs.
More simple carpets from the area are sold under the generic term hamadan.
The rugs are of good quality are generally long lasting.
They are easily recognized with their typical patterns and sizes.
The colours are dominated by different nuances of indigo blue and madder red.
The majority of hamadan rugs have a geometric pattern.
Hamadan rugs in typical red and blue shades hamadan is a collective term for a variety of carpets knotted in the region around the city of the same name.
