Mashhad handmade carpets is one of the original and beautiful handicrafts of Mashhad and Khorasan Razavi province that many of us encounter when traveling to this city. Between areas of hand-woven rugs; Mashhad is one of the largest cities in Iran in this field, whose weaves are placed next to the carpets of cities such as Tabriz, Isfahan, Kerman, Arak, etc., except for the highest quality Iranian carpets.

In this article about Farahan carpet, we intend to first examine the specifications and features of Mashhad handmade carpet in detail. In the following, we will tell you the advantages and disadvantages of it in a specialized way so that if you intend to buy it, you can make the best possible decision.

Features of Mashhad handmade carpets

When you want to study the handmade carpet of Mashhad carefully, it is necessary to study all its features separately so that you can compare it with the weaves of other cities. We will continue to do this for you in a precise way so that you get to know them in the best possible way.

1. The originality of Mashhad handmade carpets

One of the things that has made Iranian carpets always have a special place in the world is the originality of Iranian woven fabrics. Many countries, such as China and India, may now copy many of the Iranian patterns and be able to produce weaves similar to Iranian carpets, but these countries will never be able to acquire the originality of Iranian carpets.

Determining the authenticity of hand-woven carpets has always been very important for the buyers of this type of carpets, and this life has also made antique hand-woven carpets have very high prices.

In general, it is not possible to determine the exact date and date of the beginning of carpet weaving in any area. The same is true of Mashhad hand-woven carpets, but if we want to talk to some extent, according to the manuscripts and documents found, carpet weaving in the city of Mashhad between the years 999 to 1038 AH, that is, something in It started about 500 years ago.

The oldest example of a carpet found in Mashhad is the prayer carpet or the rug that was given as a gift to Sultan Suleiman by Shah Tahmasb, which was kept in London until a few years ago, but according to studies, is now in the possession of a famous Qatari collector. That is Sheikh Saud Al Thani.

Carpet weaving in the city of Mashhad has increased in the last two hundred years and its richness and originality has caused the popularity of weaving in this city to expand widely among the people of Iran and the world.

2. The material of Mashhad carpet fibers

One of the most important factors that make the quality of handmade carpets higher than machine-made is the use of natural fibers in their texture. In hand weaving carpets, 4 types of fibers are generally used. Wool, cotton, silk and fluff.

In the case of handmade carpets in Mashhad, more than 90% of the time, a combination of wool and cotton is used for carpet weaving. In very special cases, silk is used to weave exquisite and delicate carpets to give a special beauty and charm to their weaving. (Which of course also has a higher price)

Handmade carpets have three main dimensions, length (warp), width (weft) and height (lint). In Mashhad carpets, the raw material used for warp and weft is mainly cotton and the raw material for lint is wool. Are animals.

But there are two very special features in the raw materials used in Mashhad carpets that differentiate the weaves of this region from other regions of Iran:

The wools used in the lint of Mashhad carpets are highly polished to reduce its thickness and unevenness, and on the other hand, they absorb the color better.
In many cities, to reduce the cost of carpet weaving, efforts are made to reduce the raw materials used in the carpet. But this issue is not observed in any way in the texture of carpets in this region and in a way it can be said that in Mashhad carpet we try to use the highest quality raw materials.

3. The color of Mashhad handmade carpets

Dyeing and color of handmade carpets is one of the most important features and specifications that we need to pay attention to when buying. Two types of dyes are generally used for hand-woven rugs; Natural and artificial colors.

Natural dyes due to the use of no chemicals in their structure have caused; In terms of durability and health, they are a much more suitable option than artificial colors.

In Mashhad handmade carpets, the use of two colors, red and jujube, is more visible than other colors. To create a red color in Mashhad carpet, red bead color, which is made naturally from the bodies of animals, and indigo tree is used for jujube color, both of which are natural colors.

The use of green, blue and crimson colors are other commonly used colors in Mashhad carpets, which are all obtained in a completely natural way.

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4. Type of texture and number of Mashhad carpets

Rajshmar is actually a term that indicates the quality and density of handmade carpets and is almost equivalent to the term comb in machine-made carpets (you have probably heard of 700-comb carpets). The number of knits woven in approximately 7 cm across the carpet is called the number, the higher the number, the higher the quality of the carpet.

The number of hand-woven carpets in Mashhad is almost one of the average number of Iranian carpets. The number of carpets in Mashhad is between 30 and 35, which in some cases reaches up to 40. Of course, it is necessary to point out that in this area, exquisite carpets are sometimes woven, the number of which reaches 130, of which Uncle Oghli’s famous carpets are the most famous.

We also have two types of knots for carpet weaving called Persian knot and Turkish knot. Between these two nodes, it can be said that in Iran, Persian node is much more common. In Mashhad handmade carpet, a combination of two types of Persian and Turkish weaving is used, which use only vertical and fixed carpet weaves for weaving.

Mashhad handmade carpet buying guide

In general, Mashhad carpets, whether machine-made or hand-made, have always been considered as suitable options for purchase in terms of quality, which you have probably heard from big car brands such as Negin Mashhad, Zumrod Mashhad and Persian Mashhad. Among the brands of handmade carpets, Uncle Oghli carpets, which are run by two veteran carpet weaving brothers in Mashhad, are definitely among the main options that exquisite carpets offer to the market.

In the previous sections, we mentioned that in the weaving of Mashhad handmade carpets, the use of quality raw materials is one of the principles, and this issue has caused the woven carpets in this area to have a very high quality and beauty.

But the only point that you need to pay attention to before buying hand-woven carpets in Mashhad is that the woolen lint of Mashhad carpets is very polished to get the right color, and this may make the color of Mashhad carpets more than other areas. It looks much more beautiful, but this issue causes the wool of Mashhad carpets to wear out sooner than other carpets.

In this article, we tried to examine all the points you need to know about the specifications and features of Mashhad handmade carpets. But if you have any questions or ambiguities about the purchase and the items mentioned, you can share it with us in the comments section.