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Hamadan in west-central Iran is an ancient Persian city and serves as the market center for many hundreds of villages in the surrounding area. Hamadan is responsible for a large amount of all the tribal rugs which are produced in Iran. The areas around Hamedan include Enjelas, Chenar, Derjazin, Hussainabad, Nahavand, and the Kurdish parts of Khamseh. Thus you see a great variety in Hamadan designs from simple geometric patterns to floral and Herati designs. One characteristic for Hameden village rugs is a single-wefted medallion, the weavers in Hamedan use Turkish knots. The color spectrum reaches from red, green and blue to beige, rust, yellow and brown. The wool pile of Hamadan carpets is usually colored with natural vegetable dyes, the use of silk is very rare. |
