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| ==History== | | ==History== |
| + | Mazlaghan is a village located in the Hamadan Province of western Iran. The rugs are known in the antique market from the early twentieth century. Mazlaghan rugs are categorized as one of the Hamadan mosuL Rugs.<br> |
| + | Mosul rugs were successfully marketed worldwide as an inexpensive alternative to Caucasian and Anatolian rugs. Mazlaghan rugs have semigeometric designs in a medallion style. They characteristically have a single design featuring an Open Field centered with a large medallion with quartered medallion corners. Often, flower motifs connected by vines and leaves are woven in the field. The medallion and corners feature uniform rows of flowers or ornamental motifs. The border designs have flower heads with leaves and vines.<br> |
| + | The color of the rug field is usually red, but a small percentage is ivory or dark blue. The medallion and corners are woven in turquoise or dark blue. The main border generally has a dark blue or ivory background. In addition, shades of red, blue, brown, gold, gray, and green decorate the design elements and guard stripes. Dark blue or dark brown is used for the design outlines.<br> |
| + | Mazlaghan formats range from small bag face rugs to seven feet by four feet six inches. Runners up to approximately eleven feet in length can be found in the antique market. The rugs have a cotton foun-dation and a wool pile with the Turkish (symmetric) knot. The rugs are tightly woven in a single weft with a low pile. Mazlaghan weavings are generally good to fine in grade quality.<br> |
| + | As of the late twentieth century, Mazlaghan weavers continued to use the traditional open-field designs but with more design elements in the background. Some weavers switched from traditional designs and made rugs and carpets similar to neigh-boring areas in accordance with foreign export and domestic consumer demand. Early Mazlaghan rugs can have a value up to $5,000.<ref>Moheban, 2015, 376</ref> |
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| ==See also== | | ==See also== |
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