All about Iranian kilim Khamseh
Khamseh kilim is a type of Iranian kilim that is woven in Shiraz. This type of kilim is usually woven with a dark background, and inside it there are star-like, diagonal designs with interlocking rhombuses woven on them. In Shiraz, Iranian carpets are woven of five star widths and then these low-width kilims are sewn and connected. In recent years, Khamseh kilims have undergone changes and they are produced with a white background and a wider width.
The Arabic word khamseh means five and refers to the five southern tribes of Iran. These five tribes are:
1- Inanloo, 2- Baharloo, 3- Sheibari, 4- Jabar, 5- Mobasiri
The market and the main shopping center. The textures of the Khamseh tribes are Shiraz.
Shiraz merchants attribute many of the woven carpets and lint-free rugs to Shiraz, Fars, and southwestern Iran without knowing their original texture. This makes it difficult to distinguish and identify Khamseh kilims. Meanwhile, when buying or assembling these kilims from villages or temporary houses, little effort has been made to identify the subtle differences in their texture, color and margins. The fact that there is little difference between the fabric of the Khamseh and Qashqai tribes makes it more difficult.
Afshar seems to have had an important effect on the composition of the five tissues. Because the people of the Khamseh tribes usually use the design of the other kilims of the tribes, and for this reason, some of their works are very similar to the handicrafts of Afshar. Most of the carpets of the Khamseh tribes are woven or crocheted and are woven with cotton threads. Some of these kilims have a very large, white text with images of domestic animals, such as the design of a bird, which is very common in this area. The ornaments and ornaments are woven by twisting in different sizes.
