Abadeh is located in Shiraz-Isfahan route in a residential area between Qashqai and Afshari. There are a lot of a lot of weavers in Abadeh and its close neighbors, Bowanat and Chahar Dangheh which most of them are from the nomadic tribes that their occupation is rug weaving and there is a great demand for them both by Tehran’s businessmen and by those who export rugs to Arabian countries.
Rugs woven by the people of Abadeh are thick, resistant and compact, and are usually in small dimensions, which often have a quadrilateral shape. Urban loom is more of a vertical type, and the cotton fabric is used instead of wool in the structure of warp, and both wefts are also cotton which one of them is azure. For weaving, both symmetric knot and asymmetric knot are used, which depends on the weaver’s birth place and the usual method in his area of living. In fact, Abadeh rugs have been influenced by Qashqai and Afshari rugs. The influence of the traditional method on the used designs is also evident because the exclusively used geometrical designs which are used in rugs in Caucasus and Azerbaijan.
The colors are almost always herbal, are warm and pleasant: Red and ***(kerem)*** were used more than other colors, blue, yellow and azure were rarely used. In addition to traditional Iranian designs such as Herati, Vase, Zal al-Sultan, some other designs are also used that have links with nomadic culture and traditions: A large central diamond divides the rug in four lateral sections and a central area in which a simple medallion design is repeated five times. This design is called “Heybatlu”, and the rug’s ground is decorated with tiny plain designs: Stars, red flowers and colorful polygons, and bird designs which are used in Afshari rugs.
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