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Antique
Bakshaish Carpet
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Heriz is 40 miles west of Tabriz in Northwest Iran and
the rugs reflect a geometric rendering of Tabriz
designs. Heriz is the market center collection point for the region in
Iran in-between Tabriz
and Ardabil. Heriz is one of the more important production areas for
the US market. The wool is excellent and the construction is sound
making hard-wearing durable carpets. Next to Bijars
these are some of the toughest Persian carpets.
Ahar is the northern end of
the region and produces the most curvilinear carpets. It runs east to Sarab, south to Duz Duzan and
west to Bilverdi. There are various grades of Heriz from finest to
coarsest Ahar, Mehraban,
Serapi, Bakshaish, and Gorevan. They use a cotton foundation and the
knot counts range from 25 to 80 per square inch.
Notes
on Bakshaish Rugs and Carpets
Notes
on Serab and Serapi Rugs and Carpets
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The great German rug expert Heinrich Jacoby described a
diference 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 Heriz
In 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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New Heriz - Even with the new
antique washes color seems a rather hard and they usually have the
bright red, white, and blue of the American flag. These are generally
new, not very expensive, and in the US virtually all smuggled.
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Older Heriz - Color is mellowed
and the rug should have lost much of it's hard brashness. Once the
color ages and mellows a Heriz becomes worth more in the marketplace
than a new one.
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Antique
Heriz - No harsh colors the reds are now rust tones and the Heriz takes
on a very elegant look. These rugs cost substantially more but the
marketplace judges that the look justifies the price. In the United
Stated Antique Heriz
carpets with this color are often called Serapi.
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W&W
Gorevan Heriz carpet C. 1930-40 lot 182
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Heriz Rug, Heriz proper,and
the surrounding area.
Size: medium and large carpets are common.
Structure: Symmetrical knot. 25 to
80 kpsi with up to 100 knots per square inch in rare cases.
Yarn Spin: Z.
Warp: Cotton
Weft: 2 shots cotton. First shot is thicker and
straight and the second is thinner and sinuous. Deeply depressed knots
with a warp offset of 85 to 90 degrees.
Pile: 2 wool singles.
Ends: Overhand knots with warp fringe.
Selvages: 1 cord plain wool.
Handle: Light - medium.
Further Notes: Heriz and Tabriz carpets have
heavier cotton warps and wefts than most Persian rugs.
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Karaja
Related examples:
New rugs from Heriz Area
Similar Rugs
Books
& Articles - Sources on Kashan Rugs:
Heriz Links:
No set of rules is absolute. I am
building these guides as an attribution guide to help when I am working
with rugs.
Iran Accounts for Five Percent of
World Copper Reserves and One Percent of World Copper Production
The 2.6
billion ton copper reserves of Iran with a purity of 0.8 percent on the
average are located in Sarcheshmeh and Songun both in Kerman Province
and Meiduk near the city of Ahar in East Azarbaijan Province. The
Sarcheshmeh copper quarry with a total proven reserves of 1.2 billion
tons are among the world's largest copper quarries. The average purity
of copper ore yielded by this quarry is 1.12 percent. The copper
quarries of Meiduk in Shahr-e Babak, Kerman Province have a total
proven reserves of 145 million tons. The Songun quarries near the city
of Ahar, East Azarbaijan Province, possess proven reserves of 660
million tons and probable reserves of 1.5 billion tons with a purity of
0.7 percent.
(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
For Further Reading:
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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