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Malayer Rugs & Carpets

Malayer town and the surrounding weaving area of about 120 villages in northwest Persia constitutes its own district distinct from both Hamadan to the north and Sarouk/Arak to the south. Malayer is a prosperous market town and administrative center in one of the most fertile agricultural areas in northwest Iran. Carpet weaving has been carried on since at least the early 19th century; a carpet dated 1816 and inscribed to a local mosque is in the Toronto Museum. This and several other kellegi format pieces (gallery rugs) are in Indo-Isfahan palmette patterns on red grounds. The weaves are characteristic of Malayer town weaving.

Most of the 3000 carpet looms are in the villages, with only a few hundred in the town. About one-third weave carpets, the others weave scatter rugs. There are really two-halves to the district. The area north of the town, in the direction of Hamadan weaves rugs whose structure approximates its influential northern neighbor. Symmetric knots, single wefts, all cotton foundations, flat backs, medium-low knot density, low pile, flexible handle are all [...]

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No. 31672
Persia, Early 20th Century
7 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft. 2 in.
2.29 m x 3.10 m
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No. 32696
Persia, Early 20th Century
3 ft. 1 in. x 8 ft. 10 in.
0.94 m x 2.69 m
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No. 32775
Persia, Early 20th Century
3 ft. 4 in. x 9 ft. 11 in.
1.02 m x 3.02 m
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No. 28428
Persia, Mid-20th Century
3 ft. 5 in. x 9 ft. 7 in.
1.04 m x 2.92 m
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No. 28427
Persia, Mid-20th Century
3 ft. 3 in. x 9 ft. 8 in.
0.99 m x 2.95 m
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No. 29403
Persia, Mid-20th Century
2 ft. 11 in. x 20 ft. 1 in.
0.89 m x 6.12 m
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No. 32515
Persia, Early 20th Century
5 ft. 2 in. x 11 ft. 10 in.
1.57 m x 3.61 m
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No. 29255
Persia, Early 20th Century
6 ft. 1 in. x 14 ft. 10 in.
1.85 m x 4.52 m
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No. 25318
Persia, Mid-20th Century
3 ft. 7 in. x 19 ft. 7 in.
1.09 m x 5.97 m
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No. 23536
Persia, Mid-20th Century
3 ft. 5 in. x 16 ft. 4 in.
1.04 m x 4.98 m
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No. 22837
Persia, Mid-20th Century
3 ft. 4 in. x 15 ft. 6 in.
1.02 m x 4.72 m
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No. 22700
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 5 in.
1.37 m x 2.26 m
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No. 21634
Persia, Mid-20th Century
3 ft. 9 in. x 7 ft. 5 in.
1.14 m x 2.26 m
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No. 32411
Persia, Early 20th Century
9 ft. x 9 ft. 7 in.
2.74 m x 2.92 m
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No. 30866
Persia, Early 20th Century
5 ft. 2 in. x 12 ft. 6 in.
1.57 m x 3.81 m
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No. 28815
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 2 in. x 9 ft. 8 in.
1.27 m x 2.95 m
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No. 32323
Persia, Early 20th Century
5 ft. 11 in. x 10 ft. 7 in.
1.80 m x 3.23 m
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No. 27282
Persia, Early 20th Century
3 ft. 2 in. x 11 ft. 3 in.
0.97 m x 3.43 m
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No. 31680
Persia, Early 20th Century
4 ft. 11 in. x 10 ft. 6 in.
1.50 m x 3.20 m
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No. 31216
Persia, Early 20th Century
4 ft. 11 in. x 16 ft. 8 in.
1.50 m x 5.08 m
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No. 26687
Persia, Mid-20th Century
2 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 8 in.
0.81 m x 1.12 m
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No. 26694
Persia, Mid-20th Century
2 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 7 in.
0.81 m x 1.09 m
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No. 28133
Persia, Early 20th Cetnury
4 ft. 1 in. x 6 ft. 8 in.
1.24 m x 2.03 m
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No. 25857
Persia, Early 20th Century
3 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 3 in.
0.97 m x 1.91 m
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No. 26731
Persia, Mid-20th Century
2 ft. 7 in. x 3 ft. 5 in.
0.79 m x 1.04 m
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No. 9517
Persia, Early 20th Century
3 ft. x 9 ft. 7 in.
0.91 m x 2.92 m
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No. 27356
Persia, Early 20th Century
5 ft. 8 in. x 10 ft. 8 in.
1.73 m x 3.25 m
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No. 14114
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 7 in. x 6 ft. 7 in.
1.40 m x 2.01 m
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No. 23070
Persia, Early 20th Century
9 ft. 10 in. x 15 ft. 2 in.
3.00 m x 4.62 m
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No. 28785
Persia, Early 20th Century
5 ft. 2 in. x 10 ft. 4 in.
1.57 m x 3.15 m
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