Product Description
Details
Collection: Mashad Rug.
Age: 40-60 Years (Semi Antique).
Size FT: 9' 10'' x 8' 2'' .
Size CM: 300 cm x 250 cm.
Colors: Crimson, Ultramarine, Cream, Navy Blue, Brown, Green, Pink, Yellow.
Material: 100% Natural Wool and Cotton.
Has fringe.
Mashad Rugs
This Semi Antique Mashad rug, measuring 9x8 ft, presents a distinguished Medallion composition in Crimson, Ultramarine - hallmark characteristics of the Khorasan weaving tradition at its finest. 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.
Natural dyes - derived from madder root, indigo plant, walnut husks, pomegranate rind, and other botanical and mineral sources traditional to Persian dyeing practice - produce the warm, complex color palette that distinguishes
authentic Persian hand-knotted rugs from synthetic or machine productions. These colors develop beauty and depth with every year of aging and use, growing richer and more nuanced over the decades in a way that no synthetic dye
can 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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