History of Bijar Rugs

  Bijar is a small metropolis (frequently called a metropolis through many rug merchants) in NW Iran and is the capital of Bijar County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. A Bijar rug is a hand woven Oriental rug, woven through Kurdish weavers in Bijar, Iran or woven withinside the surrounding villages the usage of time venerated weaving strategies which are unique to this location and subculture. Bijar rugs are famend for his or her durability, excellent use of shadeation and abundance of designs. According to excavations, the oldest hand-knotted oriental carpet comes from the area of present day Iran and is approx. 2,500 years old. The carpet had a knot density of extra than 300,000 knots in line with rectangular metre and become therefore above the knot density of maximum current hand-crafted carpets. It is stated that hand-knotted carpets originate from nomadic tribes who processed wool into the primary flat woven fabric properly over 500 years earlier than Christ. Today, those flat wo...