Fine carpets of this carpet provenance are for example hosseinabad or nahawand.
Hamadan carpet iran.
The carpet is generally very colourful and made with good quality wool.
Hamadan has always been well known for handicrafts like leather ceramics and carpets.
The city is also said to be among the world s oldest continuously inhabited cities.
History behind the hamadan rug being one of the oldest cities in persia hamadan is considered to be one.
The craycraft blue field hamadan rug.
With an average of two and sometime more than two different styles being manufactured in each of these villages there are a total of more than three thousand.
Iran s cultural heritage organization lists 207 sites of historical and cultural significance in hamadan.
Hamadan rugs stand as a creative and inventive type of oriental rug.
Simpler qualities can basically be found under the collective term hamadan.
West asia persia west persia hamadan item type.
Their original design coupled with their deep history across the roots of hand knotting offer hamadan rugs a spotlight unlike any other rug.
An iranian persian carpet exhibition in city of hamadan in 2015.
In october 2006 national iranian carpet center revealed that hand woven.
Hamadan is home to many poets and cultural celebrities.
Iran s carpet exports amounted to us 635 million in 2004 needs update according to the figures from the state owned iran carpet company.
Unlike most other rugs that refer to a particular type from one province or city the term hamadan actually refers to a wide variety of rugs that are woven across a vast region.
These persian carpets are hand knotted in many different villages and come in a wide range of different patterns colours and sizes.
Rugs and carpets runner long rug period date.
Hamadan is a city situated in the western part of iran 300 kilometres west of teheran.
224 h x 116 w cm 7 4 h x 3 10 w region.
The hamadan carpet is knotted in 500 600 villages in an area surrounding the city of hamadan in northwestern persia.
Whether pattern quality or knotting density almost anything is possible.
The city is a centre for trading with carpets.
Hamadan rugs are hand woven high quality village rugs that are manufactured in and around the city of hamadan in western iran.
Camel this rug is woven in the usual hamadan technique.
Hamadan carpet from persia iran.
Every village or smaller group of villages has its own obvious distinctive character.
20th century first quarter 1900 1924 main color.
Iran exported 517 million worth of hand woven carpets in 2002.
It is one of the worlds oldest cities and is mentioned under the name of ekbatana in the bible see the book of esther.
A beautiful and durable carpet fits everywhere the picture above shows a hamadan carpet.
They are also proof that an authentic carpet is actually a good investment since they last for many.
The wefts are thicker than the wefts and the warps bend from the heavier wefts.
This is because these rugs are woven across a vast region spanning several villages.
The persian carpets knotted in the villages and towns surrounding the city may vary greatly.
