Shahsavan Rug

The Shahsavan tribe is one of the important tribes of Iran, living in the northwest of the country (Azerbaijan) and speaking in the Turkish language. Some Shahsavan people live a nomadic lifestyle, migrating two times a year, and their economy is based on cattle breeding and herds. Other sedentary Shahsavan people meet their domestic needs through agriculture. They produce carpets of diverse types for their routine life, from floor rugs and cushions with pile or flat-weave kilim rugs to horse accessories and decorative pendants for their tent.
Among other Persian styles, Shahsavan rugs have more geometrical patterns as multi medallions together or improvised motifs created from a weaver’s mind, much similar to Caucasian tribes in the neighborhood of Shahsavan tribes. Their kilim rugs are unique with special weaving techniques called Soumak and Verni, include animals and abstract motifs. They weave with thick, shiny wool or sometimes with goat hair on a cotton foundation.

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Shahsavan means the lovers of Shahs, are located in northwest Iran. According to historians, Shah Abbas, the great king of the Safavid dynasty in Iran, created this tribe to protect his western boundaries against invasive Turkish tribes. In exchange for their swaer of allegiance to the Shah, he promised to provide the required summer and winter pasture for their herds of sheep, so the tribe's name relates to this history. Nowadays, some Shahsavan tribe families have migrated to Hamadan or Varamin near Tehran and have forwarded a sedentary life, but they still maintain their cultures and originality that is visible in their rugs. Their carpet productions became popular in trading since 1970 in varied types, textures, and designs that are mostly similar to Caucasian carpets designs of geometrical shapes and vivid colors. Some Shahsavan carpets were exquisitely woven and likely created by women as a dowry or a gift to the tribe's head before marriage. Jajim rugs, and flat-woven carpets, are another prominent design woven by the northern Shahsavan tribe with vertical stripes and linking geometric flowers and are quite attractive in hue.

Shahsavan rugs are extremely unique. These tribes affected by Caucasian and Turkish tribe in their neighboring in handmade rugs. In Iran, tribal handwoven rugs are demanded by many people for their pure artistic aspects, stunning colors and abstract patterns. Many machine-made factories try to inspire from these fascinating rugs to produce modern or transitional machine-made carpets.

The popularity of Shahsavan kilim rugs takes all over the earth! These wonderful flat-weave rugs are replete with tiny multifarious abstract motifs of animals and nature with many vivid and lively colors. These features have made Shahsavan kilim rugs highly desirable. While you may have difficulties to find Shahsavan piled rugs, you can find Shahsavan kilim rugs in many markets and stores, specially in Tabriz, Tehran and Isfahan, with diverse prices and sizes all woven with natural fibers. Get to know some of these markets and stores here! 

Despite some local and small fairs and festivals of carpets and rugs in Azerbaijan province of Iran, There are some annual exhibitions held for Persian carpets and rugs where manufacturers, suppliers and distributors offer authentic Persian carpets with different styles, such as Shahsavan rugs. Easily informed about upcoming exhibitions for handmade and machine-made Persian carpets where you can find thousands of different Persian rugs there, here.

All Tribal Persian rugs that are woven by Persian nomads include unique patterns and designs raised from these nomads imaginations and stories! Weavers of these rugs are the designers of them, too. There's no individual designer when we're talking about Persian tribal carpets and rugs. Today, many artists and designers inspire from these masterpieces woven by nomads to create a lovely design. You can find many talented designers of carpets and textiles here in Percarin to order your special design.

The artistic designs and patterns of Shahsavan rugs make many machine-made carpet factories to use this pure creativity as inspiration in their productions. Machine-made carpets with transitional style influenced by Shahsavan tribe's rugs, are excellent choice for those who likes to have a tribal rug in more affordable price. Take a look at Shahsavan collection provided from the best factories here on Percarin.