Persian Kurdish

Persian KurdishIt is the Kurdish people of the Middle East (primarily from the larger Kurdistan region that includes the Eastern part of Turkey, Iraq, southernmost Caucasus, Soviet Armenia and North Western Iran) that first wove the Kurdish rug. For these nomads, the art of rug making which was the primary means of creative expression was also instructional, helping to teach youngsters the symbolic language of patterns and colours that is the cultural heritage of

Persian rug weavers were brought to India to practice their craft in a new country

Prohibited by the Quran

latch or stepped hook medallions or small animal figures

Karabagh rugs of the Caucasus region were one of the principal exports to Medieval Europe

Silk is used for the foundation and the pile in the most lavish

which gives the carpet its strong personality

although the asymmetrical Persian knot is used in some cities and – unique to the Sarab – both knots can be found within the same carpet

making both sides of the carpet usable

these weavers construct their own horizontal ground looms

These beautifully coloured

With 20-120 knots per square inch – higher in the finest antique rugs – the carpets feature simple patterns in true nomadic fashion

Mashwani rugs feature a dense and expanding pattern of hooked diamonds or zigzags in pink