Turkey Karaz Rug - 3.64 x 0.85 Gabeh

Turkey Karaz Rug - 3.64 x 0.85 GabehRug weaving started in Turkey since 13th century with the arrival of the Seljuks , who were nomadic tribes from central Asia. In Ottoman Turkey, weaving patterns and techniques changed in the early sixteenth century after conquests in Persia and Egypt. Anatolia had been known for carpets with stylized animal and geometric designs, but with these new cultural contacts, carpets designed around a central medallion and with flowing saz style vegetation

Historically

the smaller ones are often decorated with vase patterns or pictorial subjects

A real work of genius

It is a wool carpet from the city of Tabriz

Whether placed in a living room

representing the mihrab in every mosque

they are considered to be among the best in the world

There are a number of styles of rug produced in the Tabriz region including Tree of Life

The warp and weft threads of the Shiraz carpets are either wool or goat’s hair

Bakhtiari Bakhtiar carpets are made of strong and sturdy wool

Such medallions and shapes were central to the design and reality of Persian gardens

It is made from wool and comes from the city of Mashehad Meshed (Mashehad) is the modern capital of Khorasan