All about Tehran carpets in Iran
Tehran carpet is one of the light urban carpets that is woven in Tehran region located in Tehran province in the center of Iran. In this carpet, symmetrical and asymmetrical knots with cotton thread and wool lint have been used. Tree, pot, visual and elastic and bergamot are common and blue, black, ivory, red, red, yellow and green designs are common colors of Tehran carpet.
Tehran carpet yarns are made of cotton yarn and their thin fabric is used in blue color and thick fabric in white color is used. The wool used in these carpets is of excellent quality, and for this reason, the carpets in Tehran are made of silk and velvet. Their knots are of Persian weaving type. The height of the villi is short and their texture is relatively compact and light.
Common designs
As mentioned earlier, Tehran’s carpet weaving is completely influenced by the irregular migration from different parts of the country to that city. Due to the migration and settlement of a number of urban carpet weavers in this city, of course, all kinds of textures and designs can be found among the carpets of Tehran.
With all this, Tehran’s carpets are mostly woven in a bright background and using old patterns or new shapes in elastic and bergamot designs, animal tree, simple tree, Khatam Shiraz geometry, armband and Herati with samovar fringe, etc. . Mesh-shaped ivy designs are also common in Tehran in repeated repetitions, and other common designs include image carpets. The design of Qom, Tabriz, Nain, Kashan and Isfahan regions is also woven in Tehran, but the style of Nain and Kashan is more. Its bergamot is round, multi-part or has two elongated corners. The four folds are often seen in blue or red. However, its style is somewhat irregular and does not have the glorious splendor of Isfahan’s classic carpets, from which it is slightly inspired. Its Islamic motifs are made up of large clusters, the lines of which, in most cases, are involved in a complex disorder that, according to the designers, represents the real hatred of emptiness. However, the motifs include knots, leaf-like leaves, buds, flower-shaped decorations, etc. On both sides of which are placed two trees of life. The torture of environmental lines has been reduced here and its style has become more similar. If we are looking for roles that are inspired by intricate lines, we can think of parts of the patterns of old Isfahan carpets that have plant Islam, which are kept in the National Museum of Berlin.
Among the features of Tehran’s carpet, we should mention the linear decoration around the patterns, which in most cases are more marked with black or dark blue colors and make the designs more prominent. By returning the rug, we get the feeling of seeing a relief, especially for recognizing the prayer rugs that are woven with the same delicacy as Kerman or Kashan. It’s wet. In fact, in the largest frame, the role of which varies, we can find the role of small bergamots, tree trunks, small flowers (among which are decorative palm leaves alternately), large clusters and birds. In the secondary frames, which are usually six in number, these designs are almost always arranged according to a simple combination as follows: The outer frame indicates the role of the Medachyl interference, which is a kind of grid in a row and is usually in the eastern carpets of the earth. We come to it. The second frame represents the small six-feathered flowers that are arranged regularly along a spiral fur. In the third frame, we find the same role of intervention. Then the next three secondary frames are placed in the same way.
current situation
So that in Tehran today carpets of different regions of Iran are produced. Residents of towns around Tehran, especially Islamshahr, are producing all kinds of Iranian carpets, especially the delicate carpets of Tabriz, Qom and Nain. Also, workshops have focused on carpet production in different parts of Tehran, as well as carpets with designs, images and carpets, and different educational centers are engaged in designing and weaving carpets according to their interests and tastes.
The point to be made about today’s Tehran carpet products is that some of the designs used can be considered to belong to all parts of Iran, and others are not similar to any of the styles of designs and patterns of Iranian carpets. It can be said that Tehran today does not have a special tradition and identity in the design methods, the role of texture. Establishment of the main center of Iran Carpet Joint Stock Company in this city and the role that this company has in improving the quality of Iranian carpets and also the existence of numerous units and factories for washing wool, spinning and dyeing in Tehran and its suburbs such as Karaj that produce standard wool. Iran Carpet Museum and finally Tehran Grand Bazaar, which is an important center for carpet and raw material transactions. Together, this city is given a special place and importance in the art and industry of carpet weaving in Iran.
