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 Antique Persian Heriz Rug Nazmiyal 44802 Courtesy of the Nazmiyal Collection New York City's leading dealer of Antique Oriental Rugs Style: Heriz-Serapi Rug Origin: Persian Rugs Size: 6 ft 5 in x 8 ft 6 in (1.96 m x 2.59 m) Relatively few Antique Heriz Rug are in traditional rug sizes (7 by 10 feet or smaller). The smallest common size for Antique Persian Heriz Rugs is 8 by 11 feet and many are substantially larger. Their size, origin, and history of the region has cause me to to believe that Heriz rugs are the direct descendants of the great Caucasian Dragon rugs. Notes on Bakshaish Rugs and Carpets Notes on Serab and Serapi Rugs and Carpets Guide to Heriz Silk Rugs & Carpets In the 18th - 20th centuries there have been a constant series of upheavals between Russia and her Muslim neighbors to the south. Every time Russia and Turkey fought Muslims moved south and Armenians moved north. Many of the weavers from the Heriz area are a result of emagration from what is now Armenia and Azerbaijan. The great German rug expert Heinrich Jacoby described a difference in size pre-1880 and post-1880. In the pre-1880 period Jacoby suggests that the most common size was 6 feet 6 inches by 13 feet. This length equals twice width seems typical in that period before the massive commercial export period. Long and narrow was in keeping with the needs of the Persian buyer. After 1880 production shifted to European sizes. Starting with 6 meter rugs (6 feet 7 inches by 9 foot 10 inches) they were made in sizes typically up to 16 foot 6 inch by 26 feet. Jacoby, Heinrich. How To Know Oriental Rugs and Carpets This is not representative of what we see at the major auctions houses who regularly show carpets in European sizes back to 1800. A discussion of Color in Gorevan Carpets From HerizIn classic style Gorevan Heriz there are 3 different color groups and the difference can many thousand dollars in in similar design carpets.
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Books & Articles - Sources on Kashan Rugs:
Heriz Links: Iran Accounts for Five Percent of
World Copper Reserves and One Percent of World Copper Production (Commercial Review; The Magazine of the Institute for Commercial Studies & Research (Monthly) , Jan. 1998, No. 125 Pages: 87-90) http://www.salamiran.org/Magazine/BackIssues/October98/Article.html Visit Persian Rugs on Squidoo J. Barry O'Connell Jr. Copyright Barry O'Connell 2004 -
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