30098 Tabriz Persian Rugs
These hand knotted rugs woven in the city of Tabriz,
northwest Persia. These traditional styled carpets made, using a wool pile or
wool and silk, on cotton foundation. The finest Tabriz rugs with knot counts of
over 800 knots per square inch are woven on a silk foundation. The Tabriz
Persian rugs usually have a very detailed pattern with a color palette of over
30 plus different colors, including floral and animal elements often arranged
around one or more of the center medallion and executed in rich subtle hues.
Some examples display poetic quotes or other Farsi (Persian) inscriptions
executed in Arabic calligraphy placed in cartouches and borders. Many Garden
Pieces “Four Season” depict the Islamic concept of paradise- luxuriant floral,
birds and animals. Antique silk Tabriz rugs often feature pictorial or panel
designs of small squares with floral motifs. Hadji Jalli, from the town of
Marand, achieved recognition as the most famous Tabriz rug.