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Shiraz rugs, Shiraz carpets

Shiraz Rugs, Shiraz Carpets

Shiraz is the capital of the southern province of Fars, a city of about one million people. It is famed as a city of roses and nightingales and the burial place of some important Persian poets. The gardens, with elongated pools flanked by cypresses, are famous throughout Iran.

Shiraz gives its name to rugs which are woven in the small villages and towns which surround it and brought into the city to be sold. Shiraz rugs are characterised by a deep wine red colour, combined with dark blue and small areas of white and green. The wool is soft. A darker wool, sometimes mixed with goat-hair is used for the warps and wefts. The designs are often similar to Qashqai designs. Often they are enlivened by little birds and animals.