Bakhiatari Rugs Primitive

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Bakhiatari rugs primitive.

Even though these are tribal products often produced under the most primitive conditions the materials design traditions and knotting styles have remained constant over the centuries resulting in works of brilliant textile art. Bakhtiari oriental rugs woven before 1950 were examples of tribal rugs which are traditionally smaller rugs with wool yarns hand knotted onto a wool foundation. The pattern of bakhtiari rugs is mainly geometric sometimes semi geometric and seldom curvilinear. 4 5 out of 5 stars 64 64 reviews 545 00 free shipping favorite add to.

6x4 rug rugs carpet bakhtiari rug floral rug area rug hand knotted rug wool area rug silk rug rectangle rug ahmedanicainc. As they were rarely produced to be exported they offer lanolin rich extremely durable wool and luminous colors which were procured through a thorough knowledge of dyeing using natural dyestuffs. Antique bakhtiari rugs were woven in zagros mountains of iran and mainly woven by villagers and nomads of the area. The nomadic lifestyle of these sheep herding tribes moving their stock from winter to summer pasture dictated the necessity of smaller and easily movable looms using the wool from their sheep for the foundation and pile of their rugs.

Bakhtiari generally last a long time because of their extreme durability. Until the 1930 s bakhtiari rugs were characteristically woven for use by the tribe or on commission within persia. The field is usually divided into compartments. Generally these are woven with a turkish knot.

Since the early 19th century bakhtiari rugs have been exported around the world. Primitive bakhtiari rugs frequently have a checkerboard or garden pattern decorated with trees of life birds flowers and animals sometimes realistic sometimes abstract. Bakhtiari rug handwoven pile floor covering made under bakhtyārī patronage in certain villages southwest of eṣfahān in central iran. The bakhtiari rug along with other weavings is a major artform of the bakhtiari tribe located in chahar mahaal and bakhtiari iran.

Bakhtiari people are a noble ancient tribe surviving in the chahar mahal region of south central iran. Bakhtiari rugs are symmetrically knotted on a foundation of cotton.