Product Description
Details
Collection: Tuyserkan Rug.
Age: 40-60 Years (Semi Antique).
Size FT: 9' 4'' x 3' 10'' .
Size CM: 285 cm x 118 cm.
Colors: Navy Blue, Blue, Ivory, Beige.
Material: 100% Natural Wool and Cotton.
Has fringe.
Tuyserkan Rugs
A superb example of Tuyserkan weaving heritage, this 9x3 ft Semi Antique rug showcases the celebrated Medallion design of Hamadan, rendered here in rich tones of Navy Blue, Blue with the authority of long tradition. The design
tradition of Tuyserkan weaving centers on medallion compositions rendered with the confident drawing vocabulary of village weaving culture. Working within a shared design tradition while expressing individual creative
preferences, Tuyserkan 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 Tuyserkan 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.
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.
This Tuyserkan rug represents the authentic craft tradition of Hamadan, 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.
Specifications
Original name: Tuyserkan Rug.
Alternative name(s): Tuyserkan Carpet, Touserkan Rug.
Origin: Hamadan.
Category: Village.
Common designs: Medallion, Geometric.
Dyeing method: Natural, Synthetic.
Pile material: Wool.
Foundation material: Cotton.
Knot type: Symmetrical (Ghiordes).
Notes
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