Persian Shiraz

Persian ShirazThe lovely and highly geometrically patterned textiles made by the Shahsavan tribe ? a large group living a nomadic lifestyle in Northeastern Persia ? are referred to as Shahsavan (Saveh) rugs. It was the Persian kings of the 17th century that resettled the Shahsavan tribes from their home in Central Asia, which accounts for the similarity in style between Shahsavan rugs and those developed by the Turkomans and tribes from Central Asia. A rectilinear

Often woven in the Shah Abbasi or the Islimi style (or a combination of the two)

and human and animal figures

and the sequence of the traditional Kurdish symbols woven into the textile clearly convey the hopes and dreams of the rug makers

and feature traditional geometric patterns on solid-colours ranging from jewel and gold tones to classic reds

the kilim Malaki can be used as a prayer rug or as a decorative accent

000 years ago

The wool can range from dull to extreme glossy and the resultant pile is clipped medium to high

Vibrantly coloured with natural vegetable dyes

A small number of extremely rare

Gharajeh (Karadja

The eye-catching and unique Loribaft is similar to Gabbeh carpets

their character coming from large