Carpet
Northwest Iran
19th century
Between the collapse of the Safavid Dynasty in 1722 and the late nineteenth century, when market demand for Persian carpets in the United States and Europe brought about a “revival” in the Iranian weaving industry, the country’s two major weaving centers were the southern town of Kirman and an unidentified center in Khorasan, a region of northeastern Iran. The new designs produced in these centers were copied with progressive deviation throughout Iran, including Kurdish villages and small workshops in northwestern Iran. Versions of these designs were also used in carpets woven in the Eastern Caucasus, the region where so-called Caucasian carpets were produced. This Kurdish-village carpet from northwest Iran shows a variation of the afshan (scattered), an overall design, which originated in Khorasan.
Carpet
Northwest Iran
19th century
Wool; knotted pile
From the collection of Andrea Felsöbüki Nagy
Photo by Don Tuttle Photography
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