Rugs and carpets are a language; they speak to us through their many warps and wefts, and for those who know how to listen, this is a magnificent story of love and endurance or a very long time.
As soon as the human beings settled down and started living outside the caves, they must have started to think about creating something they could put on the floor and sat on it; this might have had a plentiful of reasons such as getting more comfortable at a place, having a place a bit cleaner than the other parts of the house where they can easily eat or sleep. It might have also helped them a lot in keeping warmer at nights and during the cold seasons.
Which one of these reasons is true, or all of them being applicable altogether, the result remains the same; human beings started to think about what in their surroundings exists that can be used to create something, and that something has come such a long way to be what it is today, a carpet.
It is inevitable that among many countries in the world, it is in almost neighboring countries like Iran, India, Turkey, Nepal, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and China that the most famous carpets of the world have been made throughout time because of their long history and settlement of humanity in them for ages, the development of carpet weaving has had its complete cycle. These countries are known in the world by the name of the “Rug Belt”, each has its own stories to tell. However, in this blog, we will be focusing on Persian rugs and Persian carpets and their many tales on how they have come to be, how their journey has been, and where they are right now.
DIFFERENT CITIES; DIFFERENT RUG STYLES AND CARPET PATTERNS
Iran is a vast country with diverse climates and various customs and traditions practiced by more than 80 million people. With the vastness and diversity comes different yet beautiful traditions and lifestyles that are captivating enough to get any visitors’ attention fully and leave a significant mark on their minds all at the same time.
Through this vast land, many cities are well known for their art of carpet weaving. One of the fascinating facts is that, although one may look and find these carpets somehow similar as they use certain materials such as wool and silk and dye the colors naturally, be it their texture or their styles, if you take a closer look, you realize that each city has their own stories to tell and are indeed very much different from the others.
TURKMEN CARPETS AND RUG STYLES
Introducing this vast spectrum, we can start right from the top and talk about the Turkmen carpets. They are easily recognizable with their colors and special Carpet patterns and rug styles; primarily, the unique red of the Turkmen rugs creates a memory link in the eyes of anyone who is a bit familiar with the carpets and then the symmetrical designs. These wool carpets have always been a part of Iranian homes and beyond, but nowadays, there is a trend of actually going back to them and using them more when designing a home.