Shiraz rug

A Shiraz carpet (Persian: قالی شیراز‎) is a type of Persian rug made in the villages around the city of Shiraz, in the Iranian province of Fars.

Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Country	Iran
Reference	382
Region	Asia and Australasia
Inscription history
Inscription	2010

A rug produced by the Basseri tribe

Designs tend to come from settled tribal weavers so they mimic Qashqai, Khamseh (Basseri and Khamseh Arabs), 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. Shiraz utilizes the Persian (asymmetrical) knot.

Some pieces feature Cyrus' white horse. The Shiraz carpet is the only rug to depict nightingales, which are shown as angular-shaped birds. These birds are said to symbolise contentment and happiness.[1]

The rugs of the Basseri tribe, one of the Persian tribes of the Fars province, are famous for their colorful designs. Orange is the specific color of Basseri rugs.[2]

References

Oriental rugs: a complete guide - Charles W. Jacobsen, C. E. Tuttle Co. 1962
"Basseri tribe history". Marvdashtnama (Persian). Retrieved Oct 11, 2015.

Rugs and carpets
Rugs	Afghan Alcaraz Bakshaish Bessarabian Braided Caucasian Dhurrie Flokati Kashmiri Lilihan Mughal Navajo Oriental Pakistani Petate Persian Abadeh Ahar Arak Ardabil Azerbaijani Bakhtiari Bakshaish Bidjar Borujerd Gabbeh Heriz Isfahan Jozan Karadagh Kashan Kashmar Kerman Kilim Kurdish Mashhad Nain Qom Sarouk Seraband Shahsevan rug Shiraz Tabriz Varamin Zanjan Quba Rya Scandinavia Seychour Sweden Tibetan Turkmen Uzbek Uzbek Julkhyr Uzbek Napramach Yürük
Carpets	Armenian Bellini Berber Bergama Bessarabian Bradford Caucasian Chiprovtsi Crivelli Ersari Fitted Gabbeh Hereke Karabakh Konya Holbein Lilihan Lotto Memling Milas Persian Pirot Quba Sarouk Turkish Ushak Yomut
People	James F. Ballard Sir Francis Crossley Kurt Erdmann Arthur T. Gregorian Arshag Karagheusian Latif Karimov Julius Lessing William Morris George H. Myers Arthur Upham Pope Alois Riegl Friedrich Sarre Wilhelm von Bode Thomas Whitty Charles T. Yerkes
Places	Azerbaijan Carpet Museum Carpet Museum of Iran Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah Brukenthal National Museum Kidderminster Louvre Mevlana Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Miho Museum Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest) Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna Museum of Islamic Art, Doha Museo Poldi Pezzoli Museum of Textiles (Lyon) Pergamon Museum Saint Louis Art Museum Textile Museum (George Washington University) Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum Turkmen Carpet Museum Victoria and Albert Museum Wilton
Cleaning	Carpet cleaning Dry carpet cleaning Floorcloth Hot water extraction Vacuum cleaner
Fabrics	Frieze Shag
Manufacture and installation	Ghiordes and Senneh knots Knot density Pile Rubia Rug hooking Rug making Tack strip Underlay Warp and weft
Dyes	Natural dye Synthetic dye Madder (Rubia tinctorum) Indigofera tinctoria Carmine Cochineal Armenian cochineal Polish cochineal Dyes in Uzbekistan
Manufacturers	A & M Karagheusian Axminster Carpets Brintons Cormar Carpets Dilmaghani Savonnerie manufactory DOBAG Carpet Initiative
Carpets in culture	Eagle rug Early Anatolian animal carpets Gul Kilim motifs Elibelinde Evil eye Tree of life Magic carpet Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting Pictorial carpet Prayer rug Red carpet Transylvanian rugs War rugs
Notable individual carpets	Ardabil Carpet Armenian Orphan Rug Badding Rug Bahar-e Kasra Coronation Carpet

UNESCO Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, Iran
Inscribed in 2009	The Radif of Iranian music Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz
Inscribed in 2010	Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars The ritual dramatic art of Ta‘zīye Pahlevani and zoorkhaneh rituals The music of the Bakhshis of Khorasan
Inscribed in 2011	Traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling

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