The city of Saman is in the river of “Zayanderud” like Isphahan and is the second big city in “Charmahal”, and has an important market of handcrafts and farming. Since 19th century, people used to weave and the rugs of this city are famous for their subtlety and desirability of design, and it can be compared with the best weaved crafts of Charmahal like “Chalshotor” and “Shahrekurd” rugs.
In this rug, the warp is made of cotton yarn and has two wefts. Some old ones are weaved by woolen warps and wefts. The knot is symmetrical and has a density of 900 to 1200 knots per square Dm. among the designs, the “Kheshti” (brick-shaped) is used as well, weaved so much beautifully and the design is opted from a rich decorative archive. The used design seems to be more attractive by implementing the knowledge of weavers; and in coloring this rug, the some color composition are involved to make it more attractive and even nowadays you can see the bright plant dyes. Complex sequences next to medallion is counted as a characteristic of “Saman” rugs. The sun-like center in the medallion is prolonged toward the margins and has some nested concentric medallion. Another rug, so much similar but having less subtlety is weaved in an adjacent village called “Booin”.
