Balochi rugs (Balochi: قالی بلوچ، فرش بلوچ), also called Baluch or Baluchi, are a group of carpets woven by the Baloch tribes in Nimroz province, Sistan and Baluchistan province, and Khorasan province (Khorasani Baloch) in the northeast and southeast of Iran.[1][2]
Techniques and structures
editBaloch rugs are typically eight feet in length, which made them lighter and easier to transport.[3]
Nature, animal figurines, religious beliefs in Baluch prayer rugs,[4] and objects of interest and use by the people of the tribe and the villagers are visualized in these designs. They are mostly designed geometrically with lines and surfaces, creating abstract and non-abstract patterns.[5]
Mehrabi is a prayer rug designed in the Balochi style, and it typically features a mihrab or arch at one end of the rug.[6][7]
Materials and colors
editTheir material typically includes wool or a mixture of wool and goat hair; newer carpets have a warp made of cotton and sturdy wool pile rugs.[3][8]
Baloch rugs tend to be a dark combination of reds, browns, and blues, with touches of white.[1]
Gallery
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Another Balochi rug
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References
edit- ^ a b "Baluchi rug". Encyclopædia Britannica.
- ^ "دست بافتههای بلوچ" [Baloch handwovens]. فرش ایران (Iran Carpet) (in Persian).
- ^ a b "Balochi" (PDF). Indiana University Bloomington. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- ^ "In the field of Baluch: Dye analysis on weavings from the Sarzetakis Collection" (PDF).
- ^ "Carpets Design and Map Investigation of Baluch of Khorasan" (PDF).
- ^ "Investigating the types, methods and geography of Iranian carpet production in the first five centuries of Hijra, based on written sources(In Persian)" (PDF). Shahed University (in Persian). Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "Aesthetics of color and design of Baloch Mehrabi carpets(In Persian)" (PDF). Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz (in Persian). Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ Sadrabadi, Kayvon (2019). The Art of Oriental Rugs - A Weaver's Perspective. p. 1600.