Tribal Persian Rug Patterns

Boteh gul herati mina khani rosette shah abbasi azari kharchang and islimi floral.

Tribal persian rug patterns. Rug design techniques that were made thousands of years ago have been handed down from one generation to the next. They are considered heirloom pieces passed down the generations. Birjand rugs represent some of the finest quality persian rugs made in iran and feature super fine details attributed to their intricately woven patterns. Many colors can be seen in a boroujerd rug such as red burgundy ivory and navy blue.

Borchelou rug often classified as a hamedan borchelou rugs usually feature center medallions surrounded by an all over design set in a field of red or ivory. 3 spiral spiraling branches around leave. A boroujerd persian rug often has an allover pattern consisting of the famous persian rug motif. Some sub patterns allover medallion tree animal sheikh safi embellished shah abbassi.

The motif of a carpet can be used to determine the particular tribe or the area in which the rug was woven. It is not unusual to find more than one motif in a single rug. Apart from traditional styles made in persia iran like heriz serapi nain kashan tabriz bidjar bakhtiari sarouk and the list can be really long this category also includes many other types of traditional rugs made not commercially by small nomadic tribes like the balouch kazaks kurds afshar. The boteh mentioned in afhar persian rug page.

2 shah abbassi a special flower known as shah abbassi set off by other floral persian rug patterns and leaves. Traditional flower designs are not uncomon in these rugs. Some of the more common motifs are. Few written records exist of the design process and no two hand knotted rugs are the same.