Rug design techniques that were made thousands of years ago have been handed down from one generation to the next.
Persian rug with hunting tiger motif.
Shiraz rug shiraz rugs are known for their bold colors and tribal designs.
As you can see hunting scene rugs are highly detailed and intricate works of art.
Below is a showcase of high quality persian hunting rugs.
It is not unusual to find more than one motif in a single rug.
Tabriz rugs feature a variety of designs including center medallions hunting designs prayer rugs and tree of life designs among others.
Royal tiger in antique white chain stitched wool tiger rug in antique white 4x6 amit moza.
Boteh gul herati mina khani rosette shah abbasi azari kharchang and islimi floral.
Few written records exist of the design process and no two hand knotted rugs are the same.
Therefore most of the persian rugs you see below are woven entirely out of pure silk.
Tiger delight floral and tiger motif wool area rug from india 3x5 amit moza 14 267 99 254 59.
Woven in southwest iran shiraz rugs typically have wool pile on wool foundation.
These motifs can be highly stylized or greatly realistic such as the wild animals on the hunting designs of some persian rugs.
They have many many different patterns colors but they are very traditional colors not subdued colors like a pakistani rug.
This can be in various forms in either geometric or curvilinear designs.
Some of the more common motifs are.
In the designs of persian carpets and oriental area rugs animals birds and insects are often displayed.
Feline print flat weave animal print dark gray wool area rug jrf collective.
Not because of any exclusive domain over the motif which there most certainly is not but rather because in the grand and storied history of tigers as inspiration for carpets tibet has produced some of the most amazing lively and original versions of the.
Flat weave rugs 6 66 738.
The herati motif is a very common repeated field design which normally consists of a flower centred within a diamond surrounded by curved leaves parallel to each side of the diamond.
Wildlife bear deer hallway runner rug hunting themed entrance floor mat rustic lodge cottage carpet pattern southwestern cabin design trees leaves nature wild animal game brown green 2 7 x 7 3.
The motif of a carpet can be used to determine the particular tribe or the area in which the rug was woven.
The most popular hunting rugs include the silk qum hunting rug isfahan hunting rug as well as the tabriz hunting rug.
Mina khani is used to describe this distinctive pattern used in many persian rugs.
The names of persian rug patterns are derived from the city village or tribe where particular patterns were first woven or traded.