Product Description
Details
Collection: Mashad Rug.
Age: 40-60 Years (Semi Antique).
Size FT: 12' 7'' x 9' 7'' .
Size CM: 383 cm x 292 cm.
Colors: Crimson, Ultramarine, Cream, Navy Blue, Brown, Green, Pink, Yellow.
Material: 100% Natural Wool and Cotton.
Has fringe.
Mashad Rugs
With its Medallion design in Crimson, Ultramarine and its generous 12x9 ft format, this Semi Antique Mashad rug represents the authentic weaving heritage of Khorasan, where rugs of this quality have been hand-knotted for
generations. This Mashad rug represents the authentic craft tradition of Khorasan, where weavers have maintained the essential practices of Persian rug-making - hand-knotting, natural materials, traditional designs - against the
pressures of industrial competition and cultural change. Every knot in this rug was tied by hand by a skilled artisan working within a tradition of incomparable cultural richness. It is a unique, irreproducible work of handcraft
that will serve its owners beautifully for generations.
Mashad rugs originate from Khorasan in Persia, where a tradition of hand-knotted rug weaving has flourished for generations. The weavers of Khorasan have developed a distinctive regional style that combines the broad vocabulary
of Persian decorative art with the particular cultural character of their home landscape, producing rugs of genuine individuality and enduring quality that reward both immediate appreciation and extended living with them.
The design tradition of Mashad weaving centers on medallion compositions rendered with the confident drawing vocabulary of city weaving culture. Working within a shared design tradition while expressing individual creative
preferences, Mashad weavers produce rugs of notable visual character - compositions that are simultaneously rooted in Persian cultural convention and freshly alive with the personality of their individual makers.
Woven by hand using traditional knotting techniques on cotton foundations, this Mashad rug features a wool & silk pile of natural luster and resilience. The wool is drawn from sheep raised in the mountain pastures of Persia,
where animals feeding on native grasses at elevation produce fiber of exceptional quality - fiber possessing warmth, natural sheen, and structural resilience that no manufactured fiber can replicate or approach.
Specifications
Original name: Mashad Rug.
Alternative name(s): Mashad Carpet, Meshad Rug.
Origin: Khorasan.
Category: City.
Common designs: Medallion, Afshan.
Dyeing method: Natural, Synthetic.
Pile material: Wool, Silk.
Foundation material: Cotton.
Knot type: Asymmetrical (Persian), Symmetrical (Ghiordes).
Notes
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