Red Persian Carpets and Rugs

The Most Common Color in Persian Carpets and Rugs

Red is the color of Persian culture! These people have deep identity full of passion, love and life resulting from the situation of their land in geography. As they have long history between other civilizations, they have many myths caused many signs and symbols in their literacy and art. every motifs and every colors symbolized a meaning or a value. Persian carpets and drugs are one of the most important fields that express people beliefs and thoughts through patterns and colors. One of most used colors in Persian carpets is red in different shades (mostly in sharp). Red symbolize Fire from four main elements also Love, Life and braveness in Persian culture, It's an important color for this people especially in Persian carpet industry. Red also has different meaning among different tribes, for example for Turkmen tribes red represent blood of lovers!
The process of dyeing fibers into red by plants and other natural dyes origin from centuries ago in Iran from nomad tribes. Nomads finds these natural dyes from plants and insects of meadows or special sands near beaches and sea plants and animals. The best natural dye for shades of red is "Madder". Dyer use the powder of roots of madder planets for dying fibers into different shades of red. another natural dye used by Persian for centuries called "Carmine dye". today carmine is not common like before in this industry because of it's high price dislike aniline dyes are used widely.

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Machine-made Red Persian Bakhtiari Kheshti Carpet

Machine-made Persian Bakhtiari Vase Design Carpet 261

Cream

Red

Dark blue

Handmade Red Persian Baluch Wool rug 43558

1 x 2 meter Handmade Burgundy Persian Baluch Wool rug 993

Handmade Persian Baluch Prayer Wool Rug 0200161

Handmade Red Rustic Persian Hamadan Wool Rug G02166

Handmade Red Persian Hamadan Medallion Wool Rug 42841

Handmade Dark Blue Persian Hamadan Runner Rug 46198

Handmade Red Persian Mashad Large Carpet 45177

Handmade Antique Red and Dark Blue Persian Mashad Medallion Carpet 42576

Red Persian Kerman handmade rug 44670

Machine-made Kashan rug - kashyaldaa

Cream

Red

Black

Walnut

1 * 2

1 * 3

1 * 4

1 * 1.5

1.5 * 2.25

2 * 3

2.5 * 3.5

3 * 4

1 * 1 Round

Antique Persian Kashan rug AQ05

Handmade runner Heriz rug 21645

Handmade Persian Pictorial Carpet 1102719

Classic Isfahan machine-made carpet 3719

2.5 x 1.5 Meter Handmade Nature Persian Bakhtiari Wool Rug 38030099

Persian modern tribal machine-made carpet 100332

0.5 * 0.8 m

0.7 * 1

1.2 * 0.8

1 * 1.5

1.5 * 2.25

2 * 3

2.5 * 3.5

3 * 4

1.8 * 1.2

1.85 * 0.9

Transitional Persian garden machine-made carpet anar

Cream

Red

Dark blue

Green

1 * 1.5

1.5 * 2.25

2 * 3

2.5 * 3.5

3 * 4

Machine-made Traditional Persian Heriz Area Rug

Red

Ivory

Dark blue

Turquoise

Machine-made Traditional Burgundy and Navy Persian Kashan Rug 872107

Handmade Red Tiger Persian Tribal Area Rug 21933

Handmade Allover Burgundy Turkmen Area Rug 384

Handmade Cream and Red Persian Baluch Prayer Rug 43372

Handmade Contemporary Colorful Jungle Persian Area Rug 1303

Machine-made Cream and Navy Persian Isfahan Medallion Silk Carpet SL02

Cream

Dark blue

1 * 1.5

1.5 * 2.25

2 * 3

3 * 4

Handmade Red Persian Bakhtiari Kheshti Wool Rug 2173

Machine-made Red Persian Qashqai Printed Rug 5949

Handmade Red Persian Ardakan Yazd Runner Rug 41741

Natural Red Dyes of Persian Rugs

The Gift From Nature to Persian Rugs From Ancient Times Till Now

You might be curious in how Persian weavers have colored red yarn for so long and why these carpets have such strong hues. Persian carpets most frequently include the color red, which is produced by particular natural dyes. Different Persian rug designs and patterns come in a variety of red hues. Persian art and culture place a lot of significance on the color red, hence it was always crucial to them to get natural red pigments. While many other plants were used to dye fibers in varying shades of red, madder and cochineal dyes are the most common sources of red for Persian rug's fibers.

Madder Dye

Madder is a summer-growing Eurasian shrub with lovely little yellow blooms and berries-like fruits. In India, madder has been used as a durable dye for millennia to color yarns and fabrics. The roots of this plant gradually gained popularity among prominent citizens as a superior red dye. The Persians traditionally employed a unique mordant known as "alum" to dye yarns with madder's root. Because of the strong bonds, this mordant creates between the pigments and the fibers, the colors are long-lasting and resistant. This enchanted plant develops several colors of red.

Carmine Dye

Cochineal is an insect that lives on cacti grown chiefly in tropical areas in South America (also India and the Mediterranean). The female cochineal contains acid carminic, the bug that makes carminic acid, which protects it from other insects. 17 to 24% of the bodies and eggs of dried insects can be removed for their carminic acid, which can then be combined with aluminum or calcium salts to create a carmine color. The carmine dye makes wonderful and brilliant red colors on natural fibers with high durability. Today carmine dye is used in dyeing unique handmade rugs, especially those woven with silk yarns, as they have high prices.