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Persian Carpet Guide Tabriz Rugs

Guide to Tabriz Rugs & Carpets

 

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  If you find a Persian city carpet made with Turkish knots in a tight two level foundation then it is likely that it is a Tabriz carpet. Most Persian City carpets are made with a Persian knot. Tabriz has long been a very cosmopolitan center of Persian carpet weaving. So there is not a single or distinctive Tabriz style. The two major influences of the commercial era have been the native Persian traders and the Germans. PETAG or Persien Teppich AG was an innovative and aggressive marketer and producer of carpets in a number of cities but particularly in Tabriz.
  Tabriz Rug, Tabriz proper and the Persian Azerbaijan, Iran.

Size: All sizes made up to 15 by 30

Structure: Symmetrical knot. 100 to 400 knots per square inch.

Yarn Spin: Z.

Warp: White cotton

Weft: 2 shots cotton.

Pile: 2 wool singles.

Ends:

Selvages: 1 cord plain wool.

Handle: Light - medium.

Further Notes: The best rugs of Tabriz stack up well against the best rugs of any rug made in Iran. The worst rugs of Tabriz are as bad as any. The part to watch is the back. On the low end Tabriz rugs the weavers can make a substantial rug with comparatively little wool. I remember Uncle Jimmy Keshishian describing one rug as "all back". On less expensive Tabriz Carpets it is important to make sure that there is substantial pile and that the foundation does not make up the whole rug.

The History of Rugs in Tabriz

 
Floral Medalion

A Tabriz Carpet C. 1880 Lot 30

A Tabriz Carpet w/Herati Border C. 1880 Lot 125

A Tabriz Carpet w/Cyprus Tree Border C. 1880 Lot 26

A Tabriz Carpet C. 1880 Lot 221

A Large Tabriz Carpet Herati Medallion C. 1900 Lot 124

A Tabriz Carpet C. 1920 Lot 1063

All over repeat

A Tabriz Carpet C. 1890 Lot 28

A Tabriz Carpet w/Cyprus Tree Border C. 1910 Lot 122

A Herati Pattern PETAG Tabriz Carpet C. 1900 Lot 78

Prayer Rug

A Silk Tabriz Prayer Rug C. 1890 Lot 71

A Silk Tabriz Prayer Rug C. 1880 Lot 186

A Tabriz Carpet C. 1910 Lot 122

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