Iranian handicrafts
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Template:Short description Template:Culture of Iran Iranian handicrafts are handicraft or handmade crafted works originating from Iran.
Basketry and wickerwork
- Template:III, a bamboo wickerwork or textile, used to make floor mats, stools, and fans.
- Template:III, a palm leaf basketry.[1]
- Template:III, an indigenous boat made of tobacco leaves found in the Hamun Lake region[2]
Carpets and rugs
- Persian carpet
- Abadeh rug, type of carpet with a large diamond pattern
- Afshar rugs, carpets from the Turkic Afshar tribe
- Ardabil Carpet, the name of two different famous Safavid carpets which became a style[3]
- Dilmaghani, the oldest existing manufacturers of hand knotted carpets
- Gabbeh, a type of Persian nomadic carpet
- Heriz rug, type of carpet with copper in the wool and bold patterns with a large medallion
- Shiraz rug, a type of Persian carpet
- Tabriz rug, genre of carpets found in Tabriz
- Kilims, flat woven rug or tapestry[4]
- Template:III, type of Kilim
- Soumak, flat woven rug, bedding, or tapestry; a stronger and thicker weave than a Kilim
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The Ardabil carpet
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weaving a carpet in a caravansari in Meybod
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gabbeh carpet
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Baluch carpet, mid–19th century
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Soumak rug
Textiles
- Persian embroidery
- Pateh, needlework on wool, with colored thread, mostly of silk. It is mostly created by women.[5]
- Rasht embroidery
- Sermeh embroidery
- Sistan embroidery and Template:III, using a black, cream or white thread color to decorate clothing or other fabrics
- Zardozi, metal embroidery thread work made of silver or gold.[6]
- Balochi needlework
- Brocade, shuttle-woven fabrics often made in colored silks and sometimes with gold and silver threads.
- Felt, a traditional weaving, common to the Kermanshah province[7]
- Template:III, a traditional machine woven fabric
- Ghalamkar, wood-block printed fabric, often used for table cloths or as bedspreads.[8]
- Khameh, silk embroidered on raw-colored fabric, typically in all white.[9]
- Jajim, hand-woven, colorful fabric often found in rural areas
- Termeh, hand woven fabric, often used for table cloths, or made into shawls.[10]
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Up-close of Zardozi metal embroidery
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A sample of Termeh
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Iranian Baluchi embroidery
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Persian silk brocade fabric with silver thread (Persian: Golabetoon)
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Bakhtiari felting in Shahr-e Kord
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Pateh, needlework on wool
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Metalwork
- Dovatgari[11][12]
- Enamelwork (Persian: Minakari)[13]
- Metal engraving (Persian: Ghalamzani)[13]
- Openwork, a popular style for bronze work
- Silver-gilt
- Toreutics (Persian: Ghalam-Zani)[14]
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Tabriz-style copper
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Persian metal engraving (golden plated), depicting Shah Anushirvan
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ring making in Qom province
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Openwork metal, incense burner, c. 11th century
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Enamelwork
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Store selling metalwork
Woodwork
- Girih, a branch of traditional architecture and tiling strapwork, often made of wood, but sometimes made of other materials.
- Moarragh (also known as Moarraq), traditional marquetry or wood inlay
- Khatam, marquetry or wood inlay using very small pieces, often made into boxes or to decorate home goods[15][13]
- Wood carving
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Girih screen found in Nishapur
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A sample of Khatam box
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Khatam items
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Backgammon (Nard) board made in Khatam technique.
Pottery and ceramics
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- Earthenware
- Fritware
- Garrus ware
- Gombroon ware
- Kraak ware
- Kubachi ware
- Lustreware
- Mina'i ware
- Moarragh, traditional ceramic mosaic tile developed by the Seljuks[16][17]
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Persian Kraak ware
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glazed ceramic tile work, from the ceiling of the Tomb of Hafez in Shiraz
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Stone, masonry, and mosaic
- Template:III, a building material used inside the walls of nomadic black tents called "siah chador".[18]
- Hardstone carving
- Sculpturing
- Stained glass
- Firoozeh Koobi, made of a copper vessel that is covered with inlayed turquoise stone.[19]
- Stone inlay, the most popular stone used is carnelian, followed by turquoise to make traditional jewelry.[20] The inlay is typically laid in mastic and wax, then fixed with enamel and/or niello.[20]
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Firoozeh koobi or Persian turquoise inlay
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Colossal Statue of Shapur I, example of traditional statuary stone carving
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Enameled vase
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Painting, drawing, and motifs
- Persian miniature
- Motifs
- Buta (ornament), a motif style
- Template:III, a flower-and-bird motif style
- Paisley (design), a motif style
- Master of Animals
- Lion and Sun
- Illuminated manuscript
- Template:III, a gilding and painting technique[21]
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example of a Persian miniature, "The Nightmare of Zahhak" (c. 1525–1535)
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example of Tashir
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Gol o bolbol motif on earthenware tiles, from the Qajar-era
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Persian silk brocade with silver and gold thread, with paisley pattern
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Places in Iran to find handicrafts
- Grand Bazaar, Tehran
- Vakil Bazaar, Shiraz
- Bazaar-e Bozorg, Isfahan
- Tabriz Grand Bazaar, Tabriz
- Fire Temple of Yazd.
See also
References
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