Tabriz handmade carpets can be introduced as one of the most attractive and famous Iranian hand-woven carpets, which is very popular all over the world. Few people work in the field of carpet weaving and have not heard the name of the city of Tabriz. The main feature of Tabriz carpets can be introduced to the existence of a very high variety of colors, which has made the carpets of this region of Iran, among the best-selling and expensive carpets, which in addition to quality, also have extraordinary beauty.

In this article about Farahan carpet, we intend to go to a general review of the history and main characteristics of Tabriz handmade carpets and explain all the features of the carpets of this region to you in detail.

Recognition of Tabriz handmade carpets

It is necessary to point out that when we want to examine the carpets of an area in detail, it is necessary to analyze it from all angles. For this reason, in different sections of each of the specifications of Tabriz handmade carpets, we have stated 10 topics for you separately:

1. History of Tabriz handmade carpets

Considering the historical antiquity of Tabriz, it can be stated with certainty that the history of Tabriz handmade carpets dates back to before the Sofia era.

More than 500 years old for Tabriz carpets has made this city one of the oldest and most ancient centers of hand-woven carpets, this high antiquity and durability shows the special quality of carpets in this region.

At first, carpet weaving in this area was woven in simple rural designs and the number of ridges was only 24, but today, with the development of this art in the city of Tabriz, we see the weaving of carpets with a number of 110.

It is necessary to know that after the transfer of the Safavid capital from Herat to Tabriz, the second Iranian art school (Tabriz school) was founded in this city and the establishment of talented painters and designers such as Behzad and Sultan Mohammad caused carpet weaving in this city to be very Grow and start the history of handmade carpets in this city.

2. Export and production of carpets in Tabriz

When you can introduce a city as a major center for carpet weaving that in addition to quality and antiquity, the amount of production is enough to attract global attention.

If we take a look at the history of carpet weaving in the city of Tabriz, we will see that from the very beginning, carpet weaving in this city was considered as a kind of industry and way of trade, and thanks to rich people in this region, carpet weaving grew and produced. It went so far that Cecil Edwards, one of the first European carpet merchants in Iran, quotes:

“The trade of this commodity was in the hands of Tabriz merchants who were well-known and wealthy people. Their trading houses also had branches in Istanbul. . ”

In recent years, very accurate statistics are not available for the amount of hand-woven carpets in Tabriz, but past statistics show a very high volume of production and carpet weaving in this city; In the city of Tabriz and its suburbs, in 1985, 32,150 weavers worked on 16,000 carpet weavers, which is a very strange and high number.

It is interesting to know that the city of Tabriz has been selected by the World Handicrafts Council as the “World City of Carpet Weaving”, which is a national honor.

Read more: What is the number of handmade carpets and how is it calculated?

3. Raw materials for Tabriz handmade carpets

In Tabriz handmade carpets, like other hand-woven carpets, the raw materials and fibers used are made of cotton, wool and silk, which of course are used in special forms, which we will examine in the following.

As you know, handmade carpets have three main dimensions; Thread or the same length, fabric or the same width, lint or the same height. In Tabriz carpets, in most cases, cotton fibers are used, which have a very high strength and durability.

The use of wool is also very common in the fabrics and lint of carpets in this region. The wool used in Tabriz carpets has a special and unique feature, which is roughness.

In Tabriz handmade carpets, Mako wool is used, which is less delicate than other samples, and this also increases the strength of woven carpets, but instead reduces the velvetiness of the carpet.

And the last option is silk, which can be said to introduce the silk carpets of this region as one of the best examples in Iran and the world, which are kept in many museums around the world.

Tabriz silk carpets are woven in the form of silk flowers, all silk or silk wefts, in which silk weave rugs have become much more popular than other options.

It is better to know that the silk required for weaving Tabriz carpets is supplied from Khorasan and Tehran cities, and also the wool used in carpets is from Makoo region, which is a narrow foothill in northwestern Iran between Turkey and the Republic of Nakhchivan, which is part of the Soviet Union. The former is supplied.

4. Texture of Tabriz handmade carpets

When we talk about Tabriz handmade carpets, it is natural to expect that it is Turkish in the knots used for the carpets of this region. Persian has been used for their texture.

As mentioned before, the number of rural carpets in this area is large and is usually between 15 and 25, while the number of workshops and urban products continues up to 110.

The materials used for carpet weaving in this area are all vertical and you will rarely see the use of horizontal materials.

In general, in the weaving of Tabriz carpets, it is very important that the weaving of the carpet is done for what. They choose.

Cheap handmade carpets: use 25 * 25 number for cheap rugs
Common market carpets: Use 30 * 30 rugs for ordinary carpets in the market for sale
Exported carpets: Use 35 * 35 number for sale to European companies who order.
Exquisite carpets: Use high figures such as 50 * 50 to present to specific domestic and foreign customers

Note: The count is the number of knots in the carpet per 7 cm of width, the higher the number, the more elegance and strength the carpet, as a result, the higher the price.

5. Dimensions of Tabriz carpets

Tabriz carpets are woven in all dimensions and sizes like other types of handmade carpets in other regions and cities. But it can be said that the main feature that is less found in carpets of other regions; The texture of fine-grained silk carpets is large, many of which are world-renowned and kept in museums abroad.

In the case of Tabriz image carpets, it can be mentioned that they basically have small dimensions and sizes and are presented to the market in small and medium pieces.

6. The color of Tabriz handmade carpets

In the case of carpet weavers in Tabriz, it is very clear that they are looking to use new colors and designs in the texture of their carpets, and this has caused the dyes of Western countries to penetrate into the carpets of this region and new colors replace them. Old-fashioned colors.

Harris Tabriz carpet can be introduced as a clear example for using wonderful designs and colors, which with a dark color scheme and the use of colors such as dark red (lacquer), crimson, brown and beige, has been able to attract a lot of attention. It attracts so much that many carpet weavers in Tabriz and Azerbaijan copy it.

But in Tabriz silk flower carpets, which are the best examples of carpets in this region, elastic and bergamot designs are used, which basically have light beige and pea colors, and the flowers and drawings are painted in this type of carpet. They are also magenta, jujube and olive colors.

In this article, we have tried to examine the characteristics and features of Tabriz handmade carpets for you in detail, and in our next article, we have analyzed the most important designs of the best-selling and most expensive Tabriz carpets for you. You can click here to read it.