Product Description
Details
Collection: Bijar Rug.
Age: 40-60 Years (Semi Antique).
Size FT: 11' 0'' x 4' 6'' .
Size CM: 336 cm x 138 cm.
Colors: Crimson, Navy Blue, Green, Blue, Yellow, Beige.
Material: 100% Natural Wool and Cotton.
Has fringe.
Bijar Rugs
A superb example of Bijar weaving heritage, this 11x4 ft Semi Antique rug showcases the celebrated Medallion design of Kermanshah, rendered here in rich tones of Crimson, Navy Blue with the authority of long tradition. The color
palette of Bijar rugs is produced using natural dyes of exceptional quality, typically achieving greater depth and intensity than comparable village productions. Deep madder reds, rich indigo navies, warm ivory grounds, and
accents of forest green and gold combine in compositions of chromatic richness that develops further over decades of aging. The natural dye palette of a genuine antique Bijar rug is one of the most beautiful in all of Persian
weaving.
The practical implications of Bijar's extraordinary construction are significant. These rugs resist pile crush and fiber fatigue; they maintain their pile height and visual clarity through decades of intensive use; they resist
water damage and staining better than more loosely constructed rugs; and they are among the most easily cleaned and maintained of all Persian rug types. A Bijar rug is genuinely a lifetime purchase - quite possibly a
multi-generational one.
Collectors who discover Bijar rugs typically become devoted enthusiasts, recognizing in them a combination of qualities found nowhere else: the technical achievement of the wet-weaving construction, the bold beauty of Kurdish
design applied to classical Persian patterns, the extraordinary durability that allows antique examples to look nearly new after a century of use, and the deeply satisfying sense of owning a rug that is simply the most durable
example of its kind ever made.
Bijar rugs have earned their legendary status among serious rug collectors worldwide through the simple and extraordinary fact of their construction: these are the densest, heaviest, most structurally rigid hand-knotted rugs ever
produced, known throughout the rug world as the Iron Rugs of Persia. Produced in the Bijar district of Kurdistan Province in western Persia by Kurdish weavers employing a unique and demanding wet-weaving technique, Bijar rugs
represent the absolute extreme of the weaver's art as applied to questions of structural durability and long-term resilience.
Specifications
Original name: Bijar Rug.
Alternative name(s): Bijar Carpet, Bidjar Rug, Gros Rug.
Origin: Kermanshah.
Category: Village.
Common designs: Herati, Medallion, Geometric, Vagireh, Hunting, Mihrab.
Dyeing method: Natural, Synthetic.
Pile material: Wool, Silk.
Foundation material: Cotton.
Knot type: Symmetrical (Ghiordes), Asymmetrical (Persian).
Notes
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