Persian Nahavand

Persian NahavandOne of Iran's leading rug manufacturers is the ancient city of Nahavand, which produces high quality Persian rugs of excellent repute. Many of the designs come from the famous city Malayer to the west. The carpets feature nomadic and geometrical motifs in a rectilinear design, with a central, leaf like medallion. Beige and pale rust reds unfold beautifully on dark blue backgrounds, framed by stylized floral patterns, with vases as a popular motif. The

Diamond patterns feature heavily in these colourful hand-knotted pile carpets

including a refined palette of ivory

with their iconic patterns

From Viss – a small town near the city of Hamadan – comes the Viss or Wiss rug

makes them highly prized

It was the Persian kings of the 17th century that resettled the Shahsavan tribes from their home in Central Asia

The concentrations of dyes

a highly valued Persian knot

They are the best known nomadic carpets from Iran

“chob” which means wood

the Loribuff is a beautiful

hand-knotted carpets are now produced on a large scale in Inida