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Hamedan
An old town with 2500 years of history dating
back to the Pre-Christian era, Hamedan is one
of the lands of hand knotting creations. |
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Although
the earliest known rugs of this region are attributed
to 1800 A.D, its history of rug weaving goes much further
back.
Hamedan has grown to have become one of the great
centers of marketing, i.e. focusing more on the marketing
aspects of the rugs than merely staying as a place of
knotting workshops.
Knotting has been a common practice in Hamedan and probably
more or less hundred of its villages have long been
involved in this field. The wide diversity in designs,
techniques and color combinations are the aspects noteworthy
to pay heed.
The most well known weaving centers of Hamedan are its
two suburban regions, Malayer and Farahan. These two
suburbs have always created the finest hand knotted
rugs, but some of them which are created centuries ago,
are unusually exceptional and eye catching.
More than 90% of Malayer's rugs have been woven in the
single weft technique and has a cotton foundation, while
the other 10% are done in the double weft technique
in spite of which they are still similar to those belonging
to Jozan which is a village near Malayer.
It should also be mentioned that the classic hand knotted
examples are as significant as the village rugs in the
region.
Another point to be heeded is that, in spite of the
fact that Farahan is closer to Arak, Soltan-abad, and
Sarough, its style of weaving and its designs are completely
different than those of Malayer's and than those of
regions' mentioned above. It has its own characteristics.
It should be noted that since all the hand knotted rugs
have been gathered and kept in Hamedan, we have included
Farahan in the Hamedan section.
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Almas
Farahan Miri |
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Bargrizan
Malayer Miri |
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Bahman
Gharaghan Miri |
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