Iranian carpet pot designs
Features of pot design in Iranian carpet
1- The first and most important feature of this carpet model is that it can be seen in vase designs in different sizes. That is why it is called by this name.
2- In some types of carpets with a vase design in which a vase full of flowers is woven, which covers the whole carpet, and in fact, the main role of the rug is the same design of a large vase full of flowers.
3- In some carpets where the pot design is woven, instead of a vase full of flowers, a few small vases are woven symmetrically around the text or one after the other throughout the text.
4- There are very beautiful and important examples of this design in the museums of many countries and some of them have been exhibited in the museums of Hamburg, New York, Paris, Milan, London and Tehran.
In this model, the carpet is woven in the form of a rhombus or a square, with Islamic branches, floral wreaths, and geometric shapes, and the way they are woven and divided is such that the background and text of the rug can be seen as a grid or a grid. What makes this rug a dream come true is the presence of flower pots in these houses or nets. That is, you see a carpet that has a network or lace background, and inside the squares or rhombuses, pots full of flowers are woven.
The vase design is usually one-sided, so that when you turn the rug upside down, the designs are seen upside down.
Some of the carpets woven with this design also have images of wild animals or horsemen on horseback, which are different examples of this carpet.
If we divide this carpet model into four parts, the drawings of each part are not the same, while in other designs this is not the case.
The vase design dates back to the time of Shah Abbasi.
Sub-nodes of pot design
The vase design has different sub-nodes, which include: vase, Khatai, double-sided vase, altar and universal vase, flower and nightingale or vase or vase, Haj Khatami and Duplicate vase, elastic bergamot vase and one-sided.
