Product Description
Details
Collection: Hamadan Rug.
Age: 40-60 Years (Semi Antique).
Size FT: 10' 7'' x 3' 9'' .
Size CM: 323 cm x 115 cm.
Colors: Red, Blue, Navy Blue, Beige, Yellow, White, Orange, Cream.
Material: 100% Natural Wool and Cotton.
Has fringe.
Hamadan Rugs
This hand-knotted Semi Antique Hamadan rug from Hamadan - 10x3 ft - presents a compelling Herati composition woven in Red, Blue, a living record of one of Persia's great regional weaving traditions. Semi-antique and antique
Hamadan rugs are particularly valued for the warm, mellowed complexity that their natural dyes develop with age. The madder reds soften toward a warm brick tone, the indigo navies deepen into a rich periwinkle, and the undyed
camel grounds develop a golden warmth that no new production can replicate. These are the authentic colors of time - honest, beautiful, and entirely irreproducible by artificial means.
Hamadan rugs represent one of the great weaving traditions of western Persia, produced across hundreds of individual villages in the ancient Hamadan Province whose rug-making heritage stretches back over two thousand years. The
city of Hamadan - one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world - has served as a trading and collection center for the surrounding village production for centuries, lending its name to a broad and remarkably
varied family of hand-knotted rugs.
Village weavers across the Hamadan region work primarily with the Turkish symmetrical knot on cotton foundations, producing a dense, durable pile structure well-suited to the rigors of daily household use. The most common design
traditions include the beloved Herati pattern - a rosette enclosed within a diamond of lancet leaves - alongside bold geometric medallion compositions and all-over Mina Khani floral repeat patterns drawn with the confident,
slightly abstracted style of village handcraft.
The color palette of Hamadan rugs reflects the natural landscape of western Persia in all its warmth and depth. Undyed camel and ivory wool provides warm neutral grounds, deep rust reds from madder root anchor the compositions,
rich indigo blues provide counterpoint, and accents of warm brown and forest green complete the picture. These natural dye traditions, maintained by village artisans across generations, give Hamadan rugs a warmth and depth that
intensifies rather than fades over decades of use.
Specifications
Original name: Hamadan Rug.
Alternative name(s): Hamadan Carpet, Mosul Rug.
Origin: Hamadan.
Category: Village, City.
Common designs: Afshan, Herati (Fish).
Dyeing method: Natural, Synthetic.
Pile material: Wool.
Foundation material: Cotton.
Knot type: Symmetrical (Ghiordes).
Notes
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