Lylyan

The rugs are tribal rugs made the Lylyan nomadic people from the Kurdish province of Markad, in western Iran. These people are descendants of the Kurds and their means weaving and designs are incredibly similar. With bright and lively colors, Lori rugs often have traditional floral patterns, but geometric ones are also seen. These rugs were not originally made to be sold, but to be meant as dowry articles of practical value such as floor coverings, rugs, storage bags, carpets and seat of the family as insurance against future hard times.
History & Construction
Kurdish rugs are woven throughout western Iran, in and around the rugged mountains of Kurdistan. The resilient Kurds descend from the ancient nomads that roamed the area thousands of years ago. They live a semi-nomadic life, in villages or in tribes away from the cities where they can still practice their traditions and live as their ancestors. Some Kurdish tribes include Herki the Senjabi the Guran, the Jaffid and Kalhors. The rug-producing centers of the largest include Senneh, Bidjar and the District of Khamseh. Other Kurdish villages and districts that produce rugs are Borchelu, Goltogh, Khoi, Kolia, Lylyan, Mousel, Nanadj, Songhore, and Touserkan Zagheh. There are many grades of hand-made rugs produced in this province wide and almost every color can be seen in these rugs. All have a pile of wool, and the foundations are of cotton, hair or rarely, wool or goat. The quality of texture in Kurdish rugs varies from loose to dense knotting and the Persian asymmetrical knot is used more frequently than symmetrical knot turkish. The colors come mainly from the natural dyes and colors bright lights are used to bring life to their sites simple. The Kurds are a very peaceful and gentle people who prefer their simple nomadic lives to the complexities and frustrations of the modern world. Many other centers of major rug-producing Iran as Hamadan, Lorestan, or even Arak, show traces of Kurdish influence.

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