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NORTHWEST PERSIA RUGS FAMILY Bidjar

Bijar (Bidjar or Bรฎcar) is a Kurdish town in North West Persia. There is nearly 40 village around the town called the Bijar area. With an elevation of 1,940 meters, Bijar has been called the Roof of Iran.

Image Jean-Lรฉon Gรฉrรดme - The Carpet Merchant
PAST AND FUTURE History

The city was mentioned in the 15th century as a village belonging to Shah Ismail, the first ruler of the Safavid dynasty; Bijar became a town during the 19th century. During World War I it was besieged and occupied by Russian, British, and Ottoman troops who, with the aid of the 1918 famine, halved the pre-war population of 20,000.

In the fifteenth century, Bijฤr was a village, the property, it is said, of Shah Ismail, the first Sefavi monarch. About a century ago its inhabitants had acquired sufficient wealth and consequence to gain possession of their land and houses-which in Persia is the mark of emancipation. Bijฤr became a town. Its geographical position, however, was not such as to make it a commercial center. It remained a market town of importance. agricultural area of no particular importance.

Of all the towns of western Persia which were fought over and occupied by the opposing armies during World War I, the town of Bijar suffered the most. It was first occupied by the Russians. But the Russians did not remain: they retreated before the pressure of the Turkish armies, and the Turks occupied the town. The hapless population was then subjected to Turkish retribution for alleged cooperation with the Russians.

PATTERNS, MOTIFS, SYMBOLS Pattern

The designs of Bijฤr have always been few, simple, and generally rectilinear. The professional designer is often an honored member of the community in places like Tabriz, Kashฤn and above all Kerman is unknown in Bijฤr. Formerly a design was associated with a particular village. It was well known by the villagers and invariably woven there. In the introduction of the wagireh system-whereby a mat was woven which showed one repeat of the design and was used as a pattern the weaver-enabled the merchants to distribute the better designs more widely. The more recent introduction of scale-paper patterns has still further simplified the distribution. Nevertheless, the few Bijฤr carpets which are being woven today are lacking in a variety of designs. The Herฤtฤซ pattern, overall design. But even that simple pattern is often mutilated by the inexperience or indifference of the weavers.

Image Bidjar Patterns
OUR WEAVING PROCESS Weaving and Production

After each row of knots has been completed, two sometimes a tree, weft shoots are very heavily beaten down. The high tension weft is often only spun or very loosely plied as well as being very tick. This technique produces an extremely compact construction. We do apply some water to the moisture weft to be able to beat them down yet harder.

Image Photo: Bidjar Rug Weaving, 2020 Adiyaman
SELECTED PRODUCTS Bidjar Rug Collection
Dimensions: 6'11" X 11'8"(213cm x 358cm) Model: ART00227
The source of the carpet comes from the book The Kevorkoff Carpet, Hali Magazine 1994 Issue 73. This is a large and brilliantly colored, derivation fr..
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Dimensions: 4'11" X 7'5"(151cm x 228cm) Model: ART00502
The source of carpet comes from the book Orient Star - A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993 nr.63. This is a lattic..
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Dimensions: 4'8" X 7'3"(143cm x 222cm) Model: ART00486
The source of carpet comes from the book Orient Star - A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993 nr.64 and Islamic Carpe..
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Dimensions: 6'6" X 10'5"(200cm x 319cm) Model: ART00315
The source of carpet comes from the book Orient Star - A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993 nr.64 and Islamic Carpe..
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Dimensions: 6'6" X 12'9"(199cm x 389cm) Model: ART00299
The source of carpet comes from the book Orient Star - A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993 nr.64 and Islamic Carpe..
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Dimensions: 5'11" X 6'11"(181cm x 213cm) Model: ART00264
The source of the carpet comes from the book Oriental Rugs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dimand, Maurice S., and Jean Mailey, The Metropolitan Mu..
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Dimensions: 5'10" X 9'3"(179cm x 282cm) Model: ART00445
The source of the rug comes from the book Orient Star - A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993 nr.75. This offset pat..
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Dimensions: 4'11" X 7'6"(152cm x 230cm) Model: ART00477
The source of the rug comes from the book Orient Star - A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993 nr.75. This offset pat..
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Dimensions: 7'11" X 9'4"(242cm x 285cm) Model: ARTK0003
This offset pattern is composed of palmettes and flowers, one has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed 19th-century rug fro..
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Dimensions: 4'8" X 7'3"(144cm x 221cm) Model: ART00542
This offset pattern is composed of palmettes and flowers, one has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed 19th-century rug fro..
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Dimensions: 2'10" X 4'11"(87cm x 151cm) Model: ART00423
This offset pattern is composed of palmettes and flowers, one has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed 19th-century rug fro..
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Dimensions: 8'2" X 9'11"(249cm x 304cm) Model: ART00043
This offset pattern is composed of palmettes and flowers, one has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed 19th-century rug fro..
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