Baluchi rug

Balochi Rug
Image of a Balochi rug

Balochi rugs (Balochi: بلۏچی پرش) are a group of carpets woven by the Baloch tribes in Nimroz province, Sistan-Baluchistan province, and Khorasan province (Khorasani Baloch) in the northeast and southeast of Iran.

Techniques and structures

Balochi rugs are typically eight feet in length, which made them lighter and simpler to transport.

Nature, animal figurines, religious beliefs in Balochi prayer rugs, and objects of interest and use by the people of the tribe and the villagers are visualized in these designs. They are mostly designed geometrically with lines and surfaces, creating abstract and non-abstract patterns.

Mehrabi is a prayer rug designed in the Balochi style, and it typically features a mihrab or arch at one end of the rug.

Materials and colors

Their material typically includes wool or a mixture of wool and goat hair; newer carpets have a warp made of cotton and sturdy wool pile rugs.

Balochi rugs tend to be a dark combination of reds, browns, and blues, with touches of white.

References

  1. 1 2 "Baluchi rug". Encyclopædia Britannica.
  2. ↑ "دست بافته‌های بلوچ" [Baloch handwovens]. فرش ایران (Iran Carpet) (in Persian).
  3. 1 2 "Balochi" (PDF). Indiana University Bloomington. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  4. ↑ Mexa, Eirini; Kagouridi, Kassiani; Smith, Gregory D. (January 2016). "In the field of Baluch: Dye analysis on weavings from the Sarzetakis Collection".
  5. ↑ "Carpets Design and Map Investigation of Baluch of Khorasan".
  6. ↑ "Investigating the types, methods and geography of Iranian carpet production in the first five centuries of Hijra, based on written sources(In Persian)" (PDF). Shahed University (in Persian). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "Aesthetics of color and design of Baloch Mehrabi carpets(In Persian)" (PDF). Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz (in Persian). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  8. ↑ Sadrabadi, Kayvon (2019). The Art of Oriental Rugs – A Weaver's Perspective. Kayvon Sadrabadi. p. 1600. ISBN 978-1-7340167-1-0.
  9. ↑ "Balochi rug woven in Balochistan, 20th century, among the works of art the Cleveland Museum of Art(CMA)". clevelandart. www.clevelandart.org. Retrieved 5 August 2024.