Afshar

The Afshar rugs are handwoven by nomadic tribes of southern Iran Afshari. They usually include a central medallion, a geometric shape of a diamond, in an open field in a closed board. This is often an ivory-colored field. Afshars and Shiraz rugs are frequently mistaken, even in business, because they are quite similar in appearance.
History & Construction
Persian carpets are a tradition that has survived for thousands of years, with it flourishing in the sixteenth century under Shah Abbas and Shah Thamasp. Persians are tremendously proud of their culture and this shows in how they make their rugs. Most villages or cities in Iran have an ancient and traditional model that was used in that region for centuries. Many designs are special to that city, or even to a particular family. Although the drawings are known to be frequently copied elsewhere in the country, they seem to be the purest and strongest in Iran itself. Today, many major cities in Iran have their own pool of modern industries and some have begun to revive the lost drawings. In ancient paintings, particularly those of the Italian Renaissance and later, the Persian carpets are almost always somewhere in sight. Their decorative designs are sometimes borrowed by the architects for the ornamentation of buildings and sometimes the weavers have borrowed models from development, such as the exquisite Isfahan medallion inspired by the famous mosque of Shah Allah Lutfi as the fabled city. These are what make the Persian carpets such a powerful dose of intensity for all cultural decorative interior today. The quality and symmetry are the biggest factors that determine the price and the value of a Persian rug. The best quality rugs are handmade, and take a long time for builders to build (the builders of handmade rugs include wool and dyes manufacturers, designers, weavers and those who build and maintain the looms and other equipment involved). The most important factor in the quality of Persian carpets is the tightness and accuracy of the knotting. The very tightly knotted carpets are very durable, but are also very hard to weave and take longer to make. Consequently, the carpets with higher KPSI (knots per square inch) require higher prices. Other factors are the degree of quality in wool or silk choice, material basis, dyes, symmetry and complexity. In determining the value of the handmade carpets, the professional valuers take all these factors into account. The carpets of the city are much more for the village or nomadic rugs. This because it is difficult aff “and nomads and villagers weave large mats or complicated, is having little or no access to large protected areas, or modern technology. Iran is today the largest producer and exporter in the world of handmade carpets . By the finest carpets in the world, Iran integrates modern technology with masterful design and strong tradition to produce parts timeless art so durable that outlast any similar product anywhere.

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