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| Pile | thick pile, long clipped | Designs | fish design, Afshar | | Warp/Weft | cotton weft, weft strands are beaten for tight integration | Colours | red, beige | | Knots | Turkish 100 - 200 sq inch | Tribal | Village |
Bijar is a small town in the Kurdish area of Iran located about 200 km north of Hamadan and 45 km from the town of Sanandaj ( west of Iran). It is noted for its durable carpets which are called "iron rugs". Thick dyed yarn was tightly tied and the thick woof ( in ancient times this was wool and was said to have been 10 times as thick as dyed yarn) was densely compacted with a heavy comb-beater to create the durability and strength.
There exists in floral manufactured rugs from Central Persia, Isfahan, Kashan, Qum and Arak, a considerable interchange of design ideas, so that the design alone is often not enough to identify the origin. Bijar, too, must be added to this list, since this Kurdish centre is famous for a more bucolic product , (usually in Herati design), than is associated with Kashan or Esfahan.
Bijar also produces goods, especially rugs in which the floral elaboration is close in style to that of the town based carpet manufacturers. The surest key to identification in such cases is the weave; Bijars always are made using the Turkish knot, the others mentioned above all using the Persian knot. Bijars always have a density and thickness of handle which the central Persian manufacturers tend to distance themselves from ( not always to their advantage) .
There are in addition stylistic differences which are easily recognizable. The medallion shapes are also produced in Bijar quality which are all typical of their respective origins.
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