IRAN ART EXHIBITION: A COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF PERSIAN CAERPET “GELIM” KELIM (GELIM), a kind of flat-woven carpet employed by settled and nomadic families for a host of uses, primarily but not exclusively for covering household items and furnishing the interior of dwellings. Gelim is a term used in Persian-speaking parts of West Asia, especially in […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: KILIM IS USED IN MANY PERSIAN HANDICRAFTS, NOT JUST RUGS kilim Kilim is a flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug traditionally produced in countries of the former Persian empire, including Iran, Azerbaijan, the Balkans and the Turkic countries of central Asia. Kilims can be purely decorative or can function as prayer rugs. Modern […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: JAJIM AND RUGS HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN IRAN’S ARTISTIC PAST The ancient handicrafts skill of jajim-bafi, which had been almost fallen into oblivion, is planned to be revived in the western province of Ilam, the provincial tourism chief has said. Jajim is a handwoven rug that is thick and has no […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: FAMILIARIZE WITH SOME AREAS WORKING IN KILIM CARPET INDUSTRY A while after the first men learned to make clothes out of animals’ fur and skin, they came up with the idea of creating rugs with the same fur to sit on soft rugs instead of hard cold rocks. Kilim and felt rugs, […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: GABBEH CARPET ALSO CAN BE USED IN MODEN DECOR Gabbeh (or Gabba) is a Persian long-piled hand-knotted, with a thick and coarse but loose and flabby quality. Plus, some rugs are a bit shaggy, others somehow Kilim-like at first glance. These are the rugs that nomadic women weave for their own. The […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: PERSIAN GABBEH CARPET IS LIKE MUSIC FOR YOUR EYES Persian Gabbeh is a hand-knotted (handmade) thick Persian rug with long pile. It is made by the nomads of Fars province in southern Iran, of which the famous city of Shiraz is the capital. The most famous nomad group of this region is […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: GABBEH CARPET ARE SO IRRESISTIBLE TO BUY The Gabbeh carpet is a typical carpet from the southern regions of Iran. Like almost all traditional carpets from Asia, its origin lies in the culture of the nomadic people who lived in the area. Unlike other Oriental carpets, Gabbeh carpets have a minimalist design […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: GABBEH WEAVING HANDICRAFTS WERE INSPIRED BY THE NATURE Gabbeh or gabba is a very delicate and beautiful kind of Persian rug. It is also called Gava or Khersak. Gabbeh or Khersak (which means bear cub) is a rug made of animal wool, which is usually woven in small size by Lor and […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: WHAT IS GABBEH? AND HOW IS IT MADE? Gabbeh (from the Persian language farsi; raw, natural, uncut) represents a rough and primitive carpet with patterns mostly made by Ghashghai nomads from the Farsi province in the southwest of Iran. These carpets are probably the most well-known handmade carpets from Iran. They are […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: KILIM HANDICRAFT IS A PERFECT ART BETWEEN OTHERS It would indeed be hard to dispute the Iranian claim to have produced the most elaborate, the most decorative, the most valuable, and the ,most superbly assured carpets, which are considered as our cultural exports in the world. Because of the lack of furniture […]