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=== Color and dyeing === | === Color and dyeing === | ||
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| + | The designs are floral in either a medallion or allover style. The Shah Abbas palmette with leaf and vine motifs is a popular Moud pattern. Occasionally, the traditional Boteh (paisley), Herati (fish), Lattice, or * Minakhani (rosette-linked trellis) styles are woven for the field. The border has traditional Khorasan designs with large palmettes, leaves, and vines.<ref>Moheban, 2015, p.410</ref> | ||
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=== Weaving techniques === | === Weaving techniques === | ||
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Revision as of 12:46, 24 November 2019
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Mood rugs, reputed to be among the finest in the world, are hand woven in the city of Mashad in the Province of Khorassan. This great weaving center is also a trade center for the rugs produced in the neighboring towns and villages. You may notice that Mood rugs have some characteristics that are similar to a rug produced in Birjand. Although most are woven in workshops in the city, it is possible to find occasional Mood rugs that have been woven on a home loom. Skilled artisans use the asymmetrical Persian knot in the creation of this very special carpet as it offers more precision when weaving the intricately detailed patterns.
History
Moud is a city located in the South Khorasan Province of eastern Iran. Moud carpets are similar to those woven in other Khorasan cities such as AZGHAND, BIRJAND, and GONABAD. They are traded as Khorasan carpets in the Western market. Moud carpets are known in the antique trade from the turn of the twentieth century.[1]
Materials
Foundation and Pile
Techniques and structures
Color and dyeing
Motifs and patterns
The designs are floral in either a medallion or allover style. The Shah Abbas palmette with leaf and vine motifs is a popular Moud pattern. Occasionally, the traditional Boteh (paisley), Herati (fish), Lattice, or * Minakhani (rosette-linked trellis) styles are woven for the field. The border has traditional Khorasan designs with large palmettes, leaves, and vines.[2]
Weaving techniques
See also
References
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Bibliography
Abraham Levi Moheban, (2015), The Encyclopedia of Antique Carpets: Twenty-Five Centuries of Weaving, NewYork: Princeton Architectural Press.