Malayer Rugs & Carpets

Malayer town and the surrounding weaving area of about 120 villages in northwest Persia constitutes its own district distinct from both Hamadan to the north and Sarouk/Arak to the south. Malayer is a prosperous market town and administrative center in one of the most fertile agricultural areas in northwest Iran. Carpet weaving has been carried on since at least the early 19th century; a carpet dated 1816 and inscribed to a local mosque is in the Toronto Museum. This and several other kellegi format pieces (gallery rugs) are in Indo-Isfahan palmette patterns on red grounds. The weaves are characteristic of Malayer town weaving.

Most of the 3000 carpet looms are in the villages, with only a few hundred in the town. About one-third weave carpets, the others weave scatter rugs. There are really two-halves to the district. The area north of the town, in the direction of Hamadan weaves rugs whose structure approximates its influential northern neighbor. Symmetric knots, single wefts, all cotton foundations, flat backs, medium-low knot density, low pile, flexible handle are all [...]

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No. 28270
Persia, Early 20th Century
13 ft. 2 in. x 23 ft. 5 in.
4.01 m x 7.14 m
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No. 28871
Persia, Early 20th Century
7 ft. 2 in. x 10 ft.
2.18 m x 3.05 m
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No. 30881
Persia, Mid-20th Century
5 ft. 4 in. x 12 ft. 3 in.
1.63 m x 3.73 m
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No. 30415
Persia, Mid-20th Century
3 ft. 10 in. x 15 ft. 10 in.
1.17 m x 4.83 m
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No. 30616
Persia, Early 20th Century
5 ft. x 11 ft. 4 in.
1.52 m x 3.45 m
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No. 30838
Persia, Early 20th Century
11 ft. 8 in. x 14 ft. 3 in.
3.56 m x 4.34 m
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No. 30629
Persia, Early 20th Century
17 ft. x 19 ft. 4 in.
5.18 m x 5.89 m
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No. 18164
Persia, Early 20th Century
5 ft. 11 in. x 16 ft. 4 in.
1.80 m x 4.98 m
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No. 27528
Persia, Mid-20th Century
3 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft. 4 in.
1.07 m x 3.15 m
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No. 28644
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 11 in. x 6 ft. 6 in.
1.50 m x 1.98 m
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No. 28599
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 10 in. x 7 ft.
1.47 m x 2.13 m
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No. 26912
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 6 in.
1.32 m x 1.98 m
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No. 28804
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 5 in.
1.32 m x 1.96 m
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No. 28632
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 10 in.
1.30 m x 2.08 m
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No. 28656
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 9 in.
1.30 m x 2.06 m
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No. 28659
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 8 in.
1.30 m x 2.03 m
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No. 27208
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 8 in.
1.30 m x 2.03 m
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No. 28645
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 5 in.
1.30 m x 1.96 m
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No. 27633
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 2 in. x 9 ft. 11 in.
1.27 m x 3.02 m
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No. 26910
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 6 in.
1.27 m x 1.98 m
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No. 27797
Persia, Early 20th Century
4 ft. 1 in. x 6 ft. 8 in.
1.24 m x 2.03 m
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No. 27531
Persia, Mid-20th Century
3 ft. 11 in. x 14 ft. 3 in.
1.19 m x 4.34 m
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No. 29837
Persia, Mid-20th Century
3 ft. 11 in. x 13 ft. 11 in.
1.19 m x 4.24 m
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No. 25118
Persia, Early 20th Century
4 ft. 9 in. x 15 ft. 9 in.
1.45 m x 4.80 m
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No. 30999
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 8 in. x 14 ft. 3 in.
1.42 m x 4.34 m
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No. 26423
Persia, Mid-20th Century
3 ft. 11 in. x 4 ft. 11 in.
1.19 m x 1.50 m
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No. 29953
Persia, Mid-20th Century
3 ft. 10 in. x 16 ft. 6 in.
1.17 m x 5.03 m
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No. 28819
Persia, Mid-20th Century
3 ft. 10 in. x 13 ft. 7 in.
1.17 m x 4.14 m
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No. 22744
Persia, Mid-20th Century
3 ft. 9 in. x 9 ft. 6 in.
1.14 m x 2.90 m
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No. 28646
Persia, Mid-20th Century
3 ft. 9 in. x 6 ft. 7 in.
1.14 m x 2.01 m
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