Product Description
Details
Collection: Veramin Rug.
Age: 40-60 Years (Semi Antique).
Size FT: 7' 9'' x 4' 1'' .
Size CM: 235 cm x 125 cm.
Colors: Navy Blue, Madder Red, Rust Red, Coral, Gold, Cream, Black.
Material: 100% Natural Wool and Cotton.
Has fringe.
Veramin Rugs
With its Vagireh design in Blue, Navy Blue and its generous 7x4 ft format, this Semi Antique Veramin rug represents the authentic weaving heritage of Tehran, where rugs of this quality have been hand-knotted for generations. This Veramin rug represents the authentic craft tradition of Tehran, 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.
Veramin rugs originate from Tehran in Persia, where a tradition of hand-knotted rug weaving has flourished for generations. The weavers of Tehran 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 Veramin weaving centers on vagireh compositions rendered with the confident drawing vocabulary of village weaving culture. Working within a shared design tradition while expressing individual creative preferences, Veramin 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 Veramin rug features a wool 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: Veramin Rug.
Alternative name(s): Veramin Carpet, Varamin Rug.
Origin: Tehran.
Category: Village.
Common designs: Afshan (All-Over), Shah Abbasi.
Dyeing method: Natural, Synthetic.
Pile material: Wool.
Foundation material: Cotton.
Knot type: Asymmetrical (Persian), Symmetrical (Ghiordes).
Notes
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