35100 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.