Persian Nain Supreme Rug - 3.05 x 2.09 Turkaman

Persian Nain Supreme Rug - 3.05 x 2.09 TurkamanNain is a small town in the province of Isfahan, and it is situated on the edge of the desert uplands of central Iran. Until the beginning of this century, the main craft in Nain was the weaving of costly woollen cloth. The import of textiles from the west lead to the decline of this craft, and the Nain craftsmen switched to carpet making. They were soon to gain a place among the quality carpet producers of Iran. The decoration of Nain carpets is

The carpet is made form kork wool and comes from the city of Tabriz

the big bang

This never all pattern carpet contains in the filed repetition of the boteh motif

Soumak (also spelled Soumakh

A truly magnificent wool carpet from the city of Tabriz  the colours are relaxed

located in the central western region of Iran

In Persia the design is referred to as Boteh

All of this is nicely contained by the outer guard border

Hussainabad rug Hosseinabad or Hussainabad rugs are tribal rugs that are handwoven by the semi-nomadic peoples of northern Iran in a village near Hamadan by the name of Hosseinabad

whose signature appears on it

Note the abundance of flowers on healthy vines

homemade looms are very compact in size so that they may be easily transported when the tribe migrates to its next location