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Nazem ناظم
Nazem (ناظم) is a rug design of Fars that once belonged to the Kashkuli, one of the tribes of the Qashqai confederacy, and is now woven more widely in Fars and around Semirom. Nazem Tak Sar ('one-headed', also Yek-sar Nazem) is a mehrab design: a niche-like field flanked by half-cypresses, with a 'thousand-flower' tree rising from a central vase. Nazem Do Sar ('two-headed') is not a mehrab design: its field has a head and a vase at each end, mirrored across the middle. In the West these rugs are known as Kashkuli Millefleur.
Also Yek Sar Nazem · Nazim · Nazem Tak Sar · Nazem Do Sar
See also Kashkuli, Qashqai, Mehrab (prayer design), Cypress (sarv), Kashkuli Millefleur
Sources
- Goljam (2018): The Study of the Formal Structure of Pattern and Design of Yek-sar Nazem Rugs of Fars Province from Qajar Era to the Contemporary Period
- Subcontinent Studies (no. 47): A Comparative Analysis of Mughal Empire Hazargol of India and Nazim Qashqai of Fars Carpet Designs: Formal Elements and Cultural Influences
- Encyclopaedia Iranica: KAŠKULI BOZORG
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