Ferdos Rug

Ferdos Rug
Design of Ferdos Rug (Rugman)
General information
Name	Ferdos Rug
Original name	قالی فردوس
Alternative name(s)	Ferdos Carpet
Origin	Iran: Khorasan
Category	Village
Technical information
Common designs	Geometric, Tree
Common colors	Red, Begie, Blue
Dyeing method	Natural, Synthetic
Pile material	Wool
Foundation material	Cotton
Knot type	Asymmetrical (Persian)

Ferdos rugs originate from Ferdos, a small town in the Province of Khorassan in northeastern Iran. Rug weaving in Khorasan goes back thousands of years. Known for their beautiful hand made traditional rugs, Ferdos was also the birthplace of Ferdowsi, one of Iran's greatest poets and scholars. Ferdos boasts the first tribal members to weave traditional rugs for personal use as well as for trade. Even today, the Ferdos villagers produce the finest quality traditional rugs with the same marvelous technique that they’ve been using for centuries. Jufti knots are seen in traditional rugs from this region. They are like the Persian knot with depressed warps but the knot loops around two warps at a time rather than one.

Techniques and structures

Motifs and Designs

The medallion, palmette, and Minakhani (rosette-linked trellis) designs were especially popular in the older weavings. After the war rugs have a simple allover or medallion design, or, at times, an Open Field style.

Bibliography

Abraham Levi Moheban, (2015), The Encyclopedia of Antique Carpets: Twenty-Five Centuries of Weaving, NewYork: Princeton Architectural Press.