Classification of Persian Rugs (Part4)

Tribal or City

Typically there are two types of rugs made in Iran: tribal rugs and city rugs. Tribal rugs are those woven by nomads and inhabitants of small rural villages. For the most part, these rugs are inferior in quality to the ones made in cities. However the materials such as the wool and dyes used are often of excellent quality and occasionally a tribal rug turns out suprisingly fine.
The dyes used in tribal rugs are still mainly natural vegetable dyes, which is superior to chemical or chrome dyes.

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