Koliai

Koliais and Kurdish tribal rugs are made by nomadic people in the West of Iran. They show bright, lively colors, usually with a large central medallion in hexagonal diamond Herati and the beveled spandrels. Their products were not originally made to be sold, but to be used as practical items such as dowry floor coverings, rugs, storage bags, saddle rugs, or as insurance against future hard times. Many carpets are runners of great length shcb as the Koliai, which are often 20 to 40 feet.
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 color comes mainly from 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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