Iraqi Wedding Rugs

An iraqi man looks at carpets at a textile workshop in the iraqi city of hilla south of baghdad on october 12 2017.

Iraqi wedding rugs.

Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity account authentication security and privacy preferences internal site usage and maintenance data and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. When i lived in saudi arabia in the mid 70s pilgrims still journeyed overland to mecca and i have fond memories of pilgrims arriving from iraq in taxis topped with multiple brightly coloured bags rugs blankets etc. Afp photo sabah arar an item that he once could have got more than 100 for. Between the euphrates and tigris rivers the sumerians built s.

Unique kurdish rug north west iraq mousil area ca. The market will sell embroidered wedding blankets and rugs made by weavers in southern iraq a cultural tradition kept alive by a handful of women in their sixties and seventies. Detail of iraqi wedding blanket eid al adha the muslim holiday marking the annual pilgrimage to mecca is upon us. Two antique kurdish rugs lie side by side.

Unique kurdish rug north west iraq mousil area ca. These sticks are tied by ropes and the weaving process starts with the use of a comb whose teeth are held together with a gear. One portrays a field of flowers contained in a series of diagonal stripes. It is in perfect condition ready for shipping it has béen washed and cleaned professionally.

Umm hassan makes rugs using a manual machine called al saddah or al jouma which is made out of four wooden sticks that are tightly fixed onto the floor. It is from irak one of the most famous regions with its flatveawings and rugs in antalya. One row bends progressively to the right while the next jogs sharply to the left. Its size 77x305cm kilim is a reversible rug because of its weaving teqnique and it is most wellknown type of rug.

Embroidered wedding rugs of southern iraq in the south of iraq. Required cookies technologies. 1960 wool and goat hair notted in symmetrical knots.