REF.: CUDD01
Price range: | €5.000,00 - €10.000,00 |
Description: | Heriz rug |
Dimensions: | L410xB280 |
Origin: | North West Iran |
Period: | 1940-1990 |
Medium: | pile: wool / warp and weft: cotton |
Technique: | Hand knotted |
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The Heriz/Bakhshayesh region (Iranian province of Azerbaijan) owes its name and fame to the production of a series of small villages and hamlets at the foot of the Savalan massif in northeastern Iran.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, they brought high-end qualities to the market despite the humble origins of the artisans. Heriz carpets made before 1800 are not known.
The art of weaving carpets in this region developed very quickly in the 2nd half of the 19th century because merchants from the metropolis of Tabriz were looking for new opportunities.
The interest that had arisen in Europe and America for carpets around 1880 had grown enormously in a short space of time. There was a huge shortage of goods, and the merchants of Tabriz were now also going on a manhunt in the surrounding areas to follow the request.
No well-known names of studios, designers or " masters" emerged in Heriz, no drawn carpets and no "brands". Geometric drawings...