[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”10887″ img_size=”845×500″ el_class=”supro-left-offset”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Story of Rugs” t_supro_heading=”” m_supro_heading=””][vc_column_text]Rug weaving represents a traditional craft dating back to prehistoric times. Rugs were woven much earlier than even the oldest surviving rugs like the Pazyryk rug would suggest. During its long history, the art and craft of the woven carpet has absorbed and integrated different cultural traditions.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][supro_empty_space height=”150″ height_tablet=”100″ height_mobile=”50″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Anatolia Rugs” t_supro_heading=”” m_supro_heading=””][vc_column_text]Anatolian double-niche rug, Konya region, circa 1750–1800. LACMA M.2004.32
Anatolian rug is a term of convenience, commonly used today to denote rugs and carpets woven in Anatolia (or Asia Minor) and its adjacent regions. Geographically, its area of production can be compared to the territories which were historically dominated by the Ottoman Empire. It denotes a knotted, pile-woven floor or wall covering which is produced for home use, local sale, and export. Together with the flat-woven kilim, Anatolian rugs represent an essential part of the regional culture, which is officially understood as the Culture of Turkey today,[1] and derives from the ethnic, religious and cultural pluralism of one of the most ancient centres of human civilization.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”10884″ img_size=”845×500″ el_class=”supro-left-offset”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][supro_empty_space height=”150″ height_tablet=”100″ height_mobile=”50″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”10889″ img_size=”845×500″ el_class=”supro-left-offset”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Persian Rugs” t_supro_heading=”” m_supro_heading=””][vc_column_text]Tabriz rug/carpet is a type in the general category of Persian carpets from the city of Tabriz, the capital city of East Azarbaijan Province in north west of Iran totally populated by Azerbaijanis.
Tabriz has one of the most diverse displays of designs from medallion, Herati/Mahi, to figural, pictorial, and even 3-d shaped rugs.
Strings materials are usually made of cotton or silk which is used for very fine rugs.
The carpet making art was passed on from generation to generation and was considered the most valued heirloom. The traditional topics for the Tabriz carpets are the ornamental patterns, with the following dominant background colors: cream, red or navy blue. The most typical for this school are rugs and carpets grouped under the common name “Lachak turanj”. In the middle of the center field and in the corners of the carpet (“lachak”)(Persian: لچک‎ triangle) there are “turanj”(Persian: ترنج‎ Citron). The turanj in the center of the carpet is a symbol of the Moon, and the pattern formed by lozenges with the toothed leaves on the edges symbolizes the scales of the fish, which rise to the surface of the water at midnight to admire the Moon reflection. The origin of this composition dates back to the 9th-10th centuries. Often the topics for the Tabriz carpets are drawn from the works of the great Oriental poets. The carpets often depict the scenes of falconry or images of a ferocious lion. Well known are also Tabriz carpet-pictures with images of fragments of palaces and mosques, scenes of battles. Often, in creation of this or that ornamental pattern carpet weavers were inspired by the hand-painted covers of ancient books.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]