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| Pile | wool, short clipped | Designs | fish, overall | | Warp/Weft | weft cotton, warp wool | Colours | beige, light blue | | Knots | Persian, 350 - 500 sqi | Tribal | Village |
Mood (see also Birjand Khorassan rugs).
Mood, a town in Khorassan, Iran, where the finest and most refined carpets decorated with rounded rose medallions and herati patterns are produced. Generally considered to be the best carpets from that region. These finely woven pieces are also called Birjand. The design is usually based around the Herati scheme, with or without a central medallion (Fish design, similar in look to the Tabriz Mahi design).
They are knotted on cotton foundations using good quality wool which is usually very soft (try folding one over and squeezing the rug, you will notice the difference from many other rugs). The pile is usually clipped relatively low but not as low as say an Esfahan or a Nain rug. Mood rugs are probably the very finest pieces emanating from the entire province. Also very popular in the Mood quality are the Kheshti design (four seasons). Mood are now being produced in certain provinces of Khorrassan. The colours are mostly beige, with highlights of baby blue. The medallions are primary round, these being the traditions throughout Khorassan, however, the Herati or Boteh-mir motifs are also in evidence. They are often mistaken by non experts as Tabriz Mahi rugs, although they are usually more shiny in appearance and utilise a more colourful pallette. The 50 raj Tabriz is superior in knotting, the 40 raj Tabriz being about equal to a genuine Mood rug. |
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