Persian Hamadan

Persian HamadanHamadan rugs made in the towns and villages surrounding the city vary greatly, from quality to knot density to pattern. Finer examples include the Hosseinabad or Nahawand, while the less precious are simply referred to, collectively, as Hamadan. Dominant colours are madder reds, indigo blues and whites, with secondary colours of gold and yellow ochre, and the rugs are often based on geometric medallion and corner schemes, Herati (the most common) and

eye-catching carpet and high quality

There are two categories of Gharajeh rugs: one features a row (or rows) of medallions and the other is coloured in primarily light blue

handspun from local sheep and dyed naturally with vegetables and roots

which use silk

Primitive and rough

traditional one-way tribal symbols

Knotted by nomads from the Qashqai and Luri tribes of southwest Iran

The concentrations of dyes

trees and humans

('Kilim' comes from the Persian word 'gel

The field also may be filled with a variety of small geometric motifs and shapes: rosettes

Without the use of any modern technology