Persian Nain Supreme Rug - 2.09 x 1.30 Turkaman

Persian Nain Supreme Rug - 2.09 x 1.30 TurkamanNain is a small town in the province of Isfahan, and it is situated on the edge of the desert uplands of central Iran. Until the beginning of this century, the main craft in Nain was the weaving of costly woollen cloth. The import of textiles from the west lead to the decline of this craft, and the Nain craftsmen switched to carpet making. They were soon to gain a place among the quality carpet producers of Iran. The decoration of Nain carpets is

that design radiates out and is contained by strong rectangular borders creating the impression of a beautiful free flowing geometric design

giving unity to this carpet

just southwest of Mashad

They include dense all over patterns

The field is separated from the main border by several smaller borders

gold and red

Following their example

It has an overall pattern and the parchment base appearing as the filed of the centre shape appears also in the tendrils  creating much elegance style and continuity

often carpets with extremely high knot density and Shah Abbas patterns are quite often characteristic of such carpets

Afshar Carpets The Afshar are tent-dwellers

The beautiful  floral pattern appearing often on a red field with magnificent guard borders

homemade looms are very compact in size so that they may be easily transported when the tribe migrates to its next location