As the name of the nomad carpet shows, nomads and semi-nomads create these carpets. Nomad handmade rugs have novel patterns. Weaver’s surrounding is the inspiration of these patterns. Nomad carpet is not symmetric, which means the color, design, and motif are vary a lot in some figures.
Nomad carpets categories
The design of nomad carpets divides into three categories. The first group has simple, broken, and composite patterns. The inspiration comes from complicated urban designs.
The second group has animal designs in which they have warm and pleasant color wools, are not symmetrical, and do not follow a specific pattern.
The third group has diverse designs of nature and the tribes, which are distinctive, and the weaver creativity is evident in it.
Nomad rugs are of wool dyed with plant and natural colors. They are thick with naive patterns and often formed in small sizes. Nomad rugs are the result of months of the effort of male and female weavers. Also, there is another nomad carpet as well, like kilim, Gabbeh, felt, etc.
Nomad carpets are a part of the history and culture of Iran. These carpets reveal the variety of rural life and its story. So, those bizarre carpets are a key to connect antiquity to the future.