Classification of Persian Rugs (Part5)

Tribal or City

 There are many different designs found in Persian rugs. Tribal rugs tend to have geometric designs with little detail, come across coarse Persian rugs that aren't perfectly square or contain a main color that varies in tone from one end of the rug the other. These imperfections, however, are what give these rugs their character and authenticity. A machine made rugs may be perfectly square, but the quality of these mass- produced rugs is otherwise inferior to handmade rugs in every aspect. Surprisingly, a fine Persian rug will almost always include intentional imperfections. In fact, there's an old Persian proverb that says,"A Persian Rug is Perfectly Imperfect, and Precisely Imprecise". This notion of intentionally including slight and minor irregularities is derived from the religious belief that God is the only perfect being and that attempting absolute perfection would be claiming the position of the Almighty.

To be continued...

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