The field guide · Where it was woven
Tabriz تبریز
Tabriz, the main city of north-west Iran, has been one of the country's most important carpet centres since the commercial revival of the mid-nineteenth century, and Tabrizi merchants were among the first to organise weaving for export. Modern Tabriz rugs are symmetrically knotted, in a wide range of qualities and designs. Weavers there tie knots with a small hooked knife, which makes them unusually fast.
Also Tebriz · Tabrīz · Azarshahr
See also Heriz, Azarbaijan
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