Tabriz Persian Oriental Rugs and Carpets

Tabriz carpets are often considered among the finest woven rugs in the World.  While there may be examples of fine Tabriz carpets museums around the globe, the fact is, historically, many different qualities of goods come from Tabriz.   Tabriz carpets probably have the most varying characteristics of Iranian rugs as they tend to be very flexible in their attributions.  There are some Tabriz rugs which are extremely fine quality and very thin, while others during the 1960's were fairly thick, and of a coarse quality.  Tabriz rugs are often woven with wool or silk on either a cotton or silk foundation.  Tabriz rugs of the 20th century rarely ever had a wool foundation.

Colors used can vary from very bold and contrasting shades, to subtle and even pastel coloring as well.  Perhaps one of the most consistent features to Tabriz Carpets are the design elements.  Tabriz carpets often have palmettes integrated into the borders, rarely ever have Islimi's (or flowing vines) in the background, and are most often measured in quality with RAJ count. 

RAJ is the Persian unit of measure for knot density originally believed to be derived from comparing the length of one standard rolled cigarette to the knots on the reverse of a rug.  The way to determine KPSI from RAJ is as follows:  ((RAJ/7)*2.54)^2=KPSI

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