Product Description
Details
Collection: Hamadan Rug.
Age: 40-60 Years (Semi Antique).
Size FT: 9' 0'' x 4' 8'' .
Size CM: 275 cm x 142 cm.
Colors: Red, Blue, Navy Blue, Beige, Yellow, White, Orange, Cream.
Material: 100% Natural Wool and Cotton.
Has fringe.
Hamadan Rugs
With its Herati design in Red, Blue and its generous 9x4 ft format, this Semi Antique Hamadan rug represents the authentic weaving heritage of Hamadan, where rugs of this quality have been hand-knotted for generations. Each
Hamadan rug is the product of a single weaver or small family workshop rather than a large commercial operation, giving every piece a genuinely individual character. Minor variations in color intensity, slight differences in
pile height, and small personal interpretations of traditional patterns are hallmarks of authentic village handcraft - marks of individuality that distinguish genuine Persian village rugs from workshop or machine productions of
any kind.
The extraordinary variety within Hamadan production reflects the cultural diversity of the hundreds of villages that contributed to this tradition over centuries. Each village developed its own design specialties, local dyeing
practices, characteristic color combinations, and individual interpretations of shared design motifs - giving the Hamadan family of rugs an inexhaustible range of character and individual expression that rewards sustained
collecting and close study.
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.
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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