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The Lors
Tribes who are living in western and south-western part of
Iran belong to the oldest known of the Iranian peoples.
Among the tribesmen and town centres of the Lorestan region,
carpet weaving has a more or less good commercial market.
Weaving and dyeing, in this area go back to the Kingdom of
Ghajar dynasty (1796-1925). The hand woven carpets of the
Lorestan tribesman, which are named "Lori carpets", are
mostly in geometrical designs with a row of medallions in
lozenge shape and with a background of red and blue.
One of the
most popular designs of the "tori" carpet is the design
composed of weeping willows and cypresses.
Near
Bruijerd, in the mountainous plateau of Saraband the weavers
produce beautiful carpets with Boi'teh Miri patterns spread
all over the field, which resembles the Sarugh carpets.
Another characteristic form of Saraband carpet is the
lace-like, where the background is in cream colour. In the
Saraband region, they also weave carpets with interlaced
lozenge medallions resembling those produced in Hamedan.
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The Luri
The Luri, like the Kurds, are descended front the Modes and
today the tribe which comprises about a hundred thousand
families, is domiciled in the province of Luristan, Many of
its members wander over a large territory selling their
carpets on the way. Thus Luri carpets reach the trade not
only via the markets of the provincial capital Khorramabad,
but also from Kermanshah, Hamadan, Isfahan and Arak, These
carpets are closely related to Kurdish weaving hut are still
more original in composition and more robust.
Sizes: rug sizes rarely exceed 1.50 x 2.20 m (5 ft. x 7 ft.
3 in.).
Colors: good quality wools almost exclusively colored with
natural dyes, including madder red, indigo blue, saffron
yellow and green ( obtained from blue and yellow).
Patterns: the stiffness of the geometrical designs is
softened by the long pile which may attenuate the drawing to
the point of appearing ‘washed- out’ even in spite of the
brilliant colors.
Foundation: warps and wefts are of undyed wool.
Knots: coarsely woven in the Turkish knot, with 500-1,000
knots per sq. dm (30-60 per sq. in.).
Pile: strong, glossy wool, cut high to very high.
Quality: these are rustic furnishing carpets of very good
quality, recommended to the novice collector, as well as of
ethnological interest. Old and antique Luri pieces can still
be found and are highly prized by collectors.
Saudsh-Bulag
Near the border with Azerbaijan lics the lake of Urmia to
the south of which is the former Kurdish city ul Mehrabad.
There the ‘Saudsh—Bulag’ has taken its name from the cold
spring’. As with Mosul or Kermanshah, the name stands for
the market town through which carpets of the area were
traded. No carpets appear under this name on the market
today and
a Saudsh-Bulag is likely to be an old or antique piece, a
‘find’ for the enthusiast.
Sizes: only small rugs, up to 8 sq m (87 sq. ft.),
occasionally up to 12 sq. m (130 sq. ft.) usually twice as
long as they are wide.
Colors: blue generally or predominates, with dark blue often
used as the bled color and sometime very beautiful
combinations of light and dark blue. Red is used for
contrast and outlines in general. Only naturally dyed wool
is hound.
Patterns: Interesting medallion designs in green on a blue
field, rose and
stylized palmate patterns are common. Variations of rose
patterns are found in the borders.
Foundation: warps and wefts ale of cotton
Knots: coarse to medium fine weaves in the Turkish knot with
1,000-2,000 knots per sq. dm (65 - 130 Per sq. in.) using
very good glossy wool.
Pile: generally clipped medium high.
Quality: rugs with subtle and harmonious use of high
practical
and collector value: very hard wearing but usually to
valuable for everyday use.
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