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Persian Substyles
Afshar, Ardabil,
Bakhtiari,
Bijar,
Esfahan, Farahan,
Hamadan, Heriz,
Joshaghan, Kashan, Kerman, Malayer, Mashad, Farahan
Farahan is a village located in the province of Markazi in central Iran. Older Farahan rugs are very popular in the West. Most Farahan rugs have a geometric pattern although some curvilinear rugs are woven in Farahan as well. These high quality rugs are mainly woven by the asymmetrical knot on cotton foundation.
The rugs from this area can be divided into two types. The first type is characterized by an all-over layout, usually an endless repeat, with motifs or designs such as the herati, gul hannai, boteh or mina-khani. Herati, being the most popular motif, has many variations and the boteh motifs are usually woven inside hexagon-shape panels.
The second type is characterized by its medallion layout. The medallions can be large hexagon, diamond, or oval shapes with large pendants. The corners are so long that they either almost meet or do meet near the center of each border on each side of the rug. Two common motifs used in the field of these rugs are the herati and gul hannai.
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A special kind of medallion design is a large circular serrated medallion similar to a radiating sun; this design is known in the trade as 'sunburst.' The field of this design is not very crowded. A small section of a medallion identical to the center medallion is woven at each end of the rug, interrupted by the border.
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The palette is dominated by indigo blue, dark and other shades of green (green is more frequently used than in most Persian rugs), yellow and orange-red. Black or deep blue are used for outlining the motifs. The size of most Farahan rugs is do-zar (about 4.5x7 ft).
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