All about Tuyserkan carpet in Iran
Rug Tuyserkan or Tuyserkan carpet is a light rural rug that is woven in Tuyserkan region located in Hamadan province in western Iran. In this carpet, symmetrical knots are used with cotton thread and woolen lint. Lacquer, bergamot and geometry are common designs of navy blue, ivory and beige are common colors of Tuyserkan rugs.
Undoubtedly, in the villages of Tuyserkan, due to the presence of snowy winters and remote villages and the presence of abundant wool and cotton, there has been carpet weaving for a long time. The presence of high quality carpets with beautiful patterns and colors that are more than 100 years old shows the desired and valuable carpet weaving, at least in some villages or areas that have had khans and lords.
According to some sayings of Hamzeh Ardalan, since he was one of the great khans of Tuyserkan, Master Yousef brought a name from Tabriz for weaving carpets. He is the founder of a quality carpet weaving factory in some villages, including the village of Fathabad. Undoubtedly, the creams and yarns used over the years have been sprayed by hand and dyed with local natural dyes, and we see beautiful examples of this type of wool and dyeing in some old carpets.
In general, carpet weaving in Tuyserkan is mainly rural and the weavers of the city are mostly immigrants and generally women, and the level of carpet weaving is low. The carpet knot is of the Turkish type, which is made by hand. Rural carpets have simple, rudimentary shapes in which birds and animals can be seen.
Rural weavers are mostly poor due to the decline in the quality of carpets in terms of material and color and unmodified patterns (repetitive and incorrect weaving) and lack of education. Some of the important carpet weaving villages are:
The villages of Birdeh (Abu Darda), Ashtar Mullah, Sayadreh, Pirpazol, Shahrestaneh, Gol Zard, Tak Goli, Takht Sefid, Baba Kamal and Yaghoub Shah.
According to residents, the most famous Tuyserkan map called Asadoghi (Agha Sadeghi) originates from the village of Obadarda, as well as the map of Malicheh (also called Ajdar) and the map of assets (which is the same as Asadoghi) and the slum map. There are two villages, Abu Darda, Malicheh and Zagheh, which have relatively good carpet weaving. Produced carpets from 2 meters to 12 square meters
is. At present, there are about 10,000 carpet weaving machines in Tuyserkan, which produce about 70,000 meters of carpets, which are generally exported, despite their not very high quality.
Tuyserkan Handmade Carpet Cooperative was formed with the efforts and compassion of some jihadists and currently has about 380 members.
Although the cooperation of the cooperative company in increasing the power of members in changing the texture of thick carpets to smaller weaves in its kind is a desirable effort, but it should be considered that by modifying the color scheme and identifying and modifying local and indigenous patterns, more service can be provided to these products. . As for the use of purple, orange and blue colors, in general, the dazzling colors that are imported in rural carpets and one of the reasons for the decline in the quality of carpets in the suburbs of Tuyserkan.
Almost all of the color and texture characteristics of Nahavand and Malayer, including the dominance of bright blue color, can be seen in Tuyserkan carpets, but the quality of the materials used in its carpets is worse than the weaves of Malayer and Nahavand, and its carpets are shorter and thinner than carpets. Nahavand is woven. In Tuyserkan, the carpet is woven in back sizes, two and four, four and a half, two and one side, and the weaving of large carpets is rarely done in it. Rugs are usually woven with 2 or 3 different bergamots, and revolving designs are often used in broken form.
