Persian Mazandran Kilim 7'1" X 9'1". Hand made Persian Oriental vintage rug
Mazandaran kilims are unique, decorative and textiles that hail from a remote part of north central Iran. The Mazandaran Province is bound by the snow-topped Alborz Mountains and the southernmost shores of the Caspian Sea. Its striped kilims and primitive "sofrehs" (literally spreads) come in several styles. The district of Hezarjerib produces striking black-and-white striped kilims.. Solid fields and horizontal stripes are prevalent designs.
: Cicim or Jijim or Jajim: kilims woven in narrow strips that are sewn together.
Most Anatolian kilims are slit woven. Larger antique kilims were woven in two to three separate sections on small nomadic horizontal floor looms in three feet wide long strips, then carefully sewn together matching the patterns edges to create an ultimately wider rug. These pieces are still being produced in very limited quantities by nomadic tribes for their personal use and are commonly known as cicims.
Vegetable dyed very fine wool used for floor covering or bed cover or used as dining ground area.
The technique of making a soumak involves wrapping wefts over four warps before drawing them back under the last two warps. The process is repeated from selvedge to selvedge. Soumaks tend to be finely woven, and although not as durable as piled carpets, they are stronger than kilims.
Azerbaijan cargo bag or Mafrash - Bedding Bags , the front, back and side panels woven in horizontal bands, the center of repeating blue, red and ivory hooked octagonal, within two geometric motif secondary borders.
Mafrash have been made in the largest numbers by Shahsevan tribal people and other groups in NW Iran and across the border in Azerbaijan. Others were made in Georgia and Armenia. A majority are intricately woven soumak; others are slit-tapestry, sometimes with narrow contrasting soumak bands.
The designs involve some repeat pattern, or diaper, the herāti, in which a diamond lattice pattern peeps through a tangle of blossoms and leaves or through intricate versions of the boteh, a leaf with curling, The rug is prized for his fine, delicate design and his distinctive, weaving technique. display a precise, crisp somewhat geometric drawing that corresponds to the precision of the weave. Colors tend to be varied and rich, but soft as well.
The polychrome field with horizontal bands of mustard, midnight blue, powder blue, green, and ivory rectangular motifs.
In the sixteenth century the predecessors of the Qashqai were in what is now the Azerbaijan/Iranian Azerbaijan area, they were a group of Oguz/Seljuq tribes that left the authority of the horde and They were related to the predecessors of the Shahsavan.
