Shiraz/Qashqai

A Shiraz carpet is a type of Persian rug made in the villages around the city of Shiraz in the Iranian province of Fars. Designs tend to come from settled tribal weavers so they mimic Qashqai, Afshar, Abadeh and Luri Designs. Since the weavers are using fixed looms the rugs tend to be larger and often coarser than their tribal counterparts. Shiraz rugs are not often very finely knotted, with both Qashqai and Abadeh both having a finer knot. The Qashqai nomads are found in the Fars province in the southwest of Iran and they live in the provinces of Fars, Khuzestan and Southern Isfahan but mostly in the surroundings of Shiraz. They move twice a year, between the winter pasture near the Persian Gulf and the summer pasture up in the Zagros mountains where it is much cooler.

A Shiraz carpet is a type of Persian rug made in the villages around the city of Shiraz in the Iranian province of Fars.

Designs tend to come from settled tribal weavers so they mimic Qashqai, Afshar, Abadeh and Luri Designs. Since the weavers are using fixed looms the rugs tend to be larger and often coarser than their tribal counterparts. Shiraz rugs are not often very finely knotted, with both Qashqai and Abadeh both having a finer knot.

The Qashqai nomads are found in the Fars province in the southwest of Iran and they live in the provinces of Fars, Khuzestan and Southern Isfahan but mostly in the surroundings of Shiraz. They move twice a year, between the winter pasture near the Persian Gulf and the summer pasture up in the Zagros mountains where it is much cooler.