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Persian Yalameh 275 x 211
The handmade carpets' colors look different depending on the side you view the carpet from.This is because the pile of handmade carpets, in contrast to machine made carpets, is inclined so that the carpet has protection from dirt and wear. For a detailed view please click the images below.
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Yalameh carpets are handknotted by the homonymous nomads of southwestern Iran-Persia.
They are known for their particularly fine weaving (in contrast to other nomadic carpets) but also mainly for their very high quality and soft wool which makes them resistant to time and wear.
Yalameh rugs are not produced in large quantities, they are usually geometric with repeating rhombuses in terracotte, blue and red colors.
Original Yalamehs always have a woolen warp-fringe
Special notes for this rug
Many times we happen to find some rare element in a carpet, in this particular Yalameh carpet many peculiarities coexist at the same time.
1.) Material : Wool-silk pile worked on a wool warp, while all wool-silk rugs are worked on Cotton or Silk.
2.) Color: Different color (red) in the border than in the background of the carpet (blue). With the exception of NAIN carpets, no other carpet has a different color outside than inside.
3.) Design: non-symmetrical, one-sided, prayer-type, on large rug size, while common only on small rugs. At the same time, however, it also gives the illusion that it is a typical symmetrical design with a central Medallion
4.) Size: Square size 275 x 211 and not standard long narrow.
All of the above makes the carpet a collector's item and its owner can reasonably consider his purchase as an investment, which in the future will bring him a premium.
Although our company has been in the carpet business for decades, it has never owned a similar carpet before.
Generally about Persian Rugs
The Persian carpets are an essential part of Persian art and culture and they among the most famous in the world.
Persian classic rugs are typically designed using one of four patterns: all-over, central medallion, compartment and one-sided.
For the more elaborate curvilinear designs, the patterns are carefully drawn to scale in the proper colours on graph paper. Each square thus becomes a knot, which allows for an accurate rendition of even the most complex design. Designs have changed little through centuries of weaving.
Classic Persian carpets are made on vertical looms. Vertical looms are undoubtedly more comfortable to operate. These are found more in city weavers and sedentary peoples because they are hard to dismantle and transport. There is no limit to the length of the carpet that can be woven on a vertical loom and there is no restriction to its width.Also the conditions of manufacture are such that allow more finer and perfect creations.
Two basic knots are used in most Persian Carpets and Oriental rugs: the symmetrical Turkish or Ghiordes knot (used in Turkey, the Caucasus, East Turkmenistan, and some Turkish and Kurdish areas of Iran), and the asymmetrical Persian or Senneh knot (Iran, India, Turkey, Pakistan, China, and Egypt).
The major classical centers of carpet production in Persia were in Tabriz, Kashan, Nain, Moud, Sarough, Bidjar, Ghom and Kerman.
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