Tribal Rugs: An Introduction to the Weaving of the Tribes of Iran |
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Afshar Albert Museum attributed Bag-face bags Bakhtiyari Baluchi bands bedding Bijar Black Oriental Black Oriental Carpets botehs brocaded brown centre characteristic clan Collection of Eric colours confederation Crown Copyright dark blue David Black Oriental decorated double interlocked East Iran eastern Turkey Eric Pride extra-weft patterning field finely woven flat-weaves flat-woven floral Garmsar gelims groups Hashtrud or Khamsa Horse-blanket ivory wool Jenny Housego Khamsa Khurasan Kirman Kirman area Kurdish rugs Kurdistan Kurds Kurds of Khurasan Luri or Bakhtiyari Luristan Lurs medallion migration motifs Mughan Mughan plain nomadic North Iran Northeast Northwest Iran numbers original overcast Persian pieces pile rugs plain-weave ground Private Collection Plate probably woven Qashqa'i Qazvin rosettes Saddle-bag Sanandaj Sava Shah Shahsavan Shahsavan of Hashtrud Shahsavan of Khamsa Shiraz side slit-tapestry gelim South Caucasus South Iran stylized symmetrical knot technique tribes Turkic Turkoman typical undyed Varamin Varamin Area Victoria and Albert village warp weft weft-wrapped West Iran