Balochi rug

Balochi Rugs (Balochi:قالی بلوچ، فرش بلوچ) are a group of carpets that are woven by the Baloch tribes in Nimroz province, Sistan and Baluchistan and Khorasan (Khorasani Baloch) in the northeast and southeast of Iran.[1][2]

Techniques and structures

The size of Baloch rugs are eight feet in length, which made them lighter and easier to transport.[3]

Nature, animal figurines, religious beliefs in Baluch prayer rug[4] and objects of interest and use by the people of the tribe and the villagers are visualized in these designs, which are mostly designed geometrically with lines and surfaces, geometric designs can make abstract and non-abstract patterns in the simplest way, They can depict as possible.[5]

Mehrabi is a prayer rug which design in the Balochi style, and it typically features a mihrab or arch at one end of the rug.[6][7]

Material and color

Their material typically include of wool or a mixture of wool and goat hair, newer carpets have a warp made of cotton and sturdy wool pile rugs.[3][8]

The colors of Baloch rugs is a dark combination of reds, browns, and blues with touches of white.[1]

References
  1. "Baluchi rug". Encyclopædia Britannica.
  2. "دست بافته‌های بلوچ" [Baloch handwovens]. فرش ایران (Iran Carpet) (in Persian).
  3. "Balochi" (PDF). Indiana University Bloomington. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  4. "In the field of Baluch: Dye analysis on weavings from the Sarzetakis Collection" (PDF).
  5. "Carpets Design and Map Investigation of Baluch of Khorasan" (PDF).
  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 June 6, 2024.
  7. "Aesthetics of color and design of Baloch Mehrabi carpets(In Persian)" (PDF). Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz (in Persian). Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  8. Sadrabadi, Kayvon (2019). The Art of Oriental Rugs - A Weaver's Perspective. p. 1600.
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