Rudbar

Glowing in the tonality of its traditional village dye palette and characteristically imaginative in design, this is a beautiful hallway item from the renowned village knotting district of Rudbar, situated in the extensive Hamadan weaving region of North West Persia. The lustrous pile wool and close, even weave of the finest Rudbar style give the work notable decorative appeal, while the characteristic double medallion lozenge composition of the Rudbar tradition pattern is fluently arranged to benefit from and emphasise the elongated corridor format. Items of the Rudbar classification are increasingly recognised as among the most accomplished and decoratively rich specimens of the Hamadan knotting approach, and as this work definitively illustrates, the weavers of Rudbar place great emphasis on the excellence of the wool and dyes employed being critical aspects of a rug’s visual success and the pleasure it gives to both eye and touch.