A Tribal rug is 100% handmade rug in finest material wool on cotton foundation. A tribal
handmade carpet is divided into two parts, Afghan carpets and kilim carpets. “A tribal rug is not just a rug, it is a legacy,”
said by Riyaz Bhatt a carpet
collector.
Tribal Afghan Carpets also known as Afghanistan carpets. These are handmade, hand knotted rugs.
Afghan carpets are mainly made by the finest
quality of wool. Designer afghan rugs have repeatedly won 1st price
in international awards which are held
every year in Germany. These are available in various color combinations. For
afghan carpets, natural and vegetable dyes are used to produce rich colors.
These are very traditional and old design pattern carpets. Handmade tribal rugs
are a very popular rug category in
interior design.
Bukhara Afghan carpets: Bukhara Afghan Carpet contains elephant footprints shape
design. This design is called Bukhara and is originated from north- east Persia
in the nineteenth century. It has less
than 300000 knots/ m2. For bukhara design people mostly like red
background. These kinds of handmade afghan carpets can be widely seen online.
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| Bukhara Afghan carpet |
Caucasian
Afghan Rugs: Caucasian afghan carpet mainly woven in
primary colors and display normal bold geometrical pattern. Caucasian rug are mainly
produced by villagers. It mainly contains the group of boxes, zigzag pattern or sometimes diamond shape.
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| Caucasian Afghan Rug |
Kerman Carpet: Kerman design carpet is one of the traditional designs in
the handmade carpet. This design is
originated from Kerman in the 15th
century, which is located in south-central
Iran. Kerman city is famous to produce the antique and beautiful designs carpet
but at this time many countries are participating and making beautiful carpets
in this design. This is made in finest quality wool Kerman design carpet is the
best classification of a Persian carpet. This
Kerman design carpet has various patterns. For this carpet, weavers use natural dying process. These are very high
durable carpets. These carpets mostly contain
green, pink, blue, gray, light colors.
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Semi Medallion |
Kilim Carpet- This is very old and traditional type of designer carpets,
which are mainly low pile. Kilim carpet is woven by tightly interweaving the
warp and weft. This is done on a handloom
and made down to up. The horizontal wefts
are pulled tightly downward so that they hide the vertical warp strands. The
weft carries the visible design and color combination. The warp is mainly in
wool or in cotton but the weft is always in the finest
quality of wool. Kilim carpets contain many motifs. For these type of Handmade carpets there are some famous motifs which are mostly used for weaving a kilim carpet such
as hand-on- hips female figure, to ward off the evil eye, production and good
luck, wolf mouth etc.
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| Multi Dibbi Kilim |
Bakhtiari Kilim Carpet: - This design is a
part of kilim carpet. This design is based in chakra Mahal and Bakhtiari in the
19th century. Bakhtiari kilim carpet is made on a cotton foundation and
wool weft. The design is simply inspired by a flower
garden. The carpet ground divided into an individual
square with motifs of animal and plants.
Colors of carpets depend on the choices. Mainly these kilim carpets contain
white, red, brown, green and yellow.
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| Bakhtiari Kilim |
