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Bakhtiari or Garden carpets are
known for their flower and
tendril motifs. Their pattern
style is called ‘Kheshti
design’. Major colours used in
Bakhtiari carpets are shades of
white and ivory, red and brown,
green and yellow. The colour
blue is sparsely used. The pile
is highly glossy with a medium
to high clipping. Natural dyes
are used on the yarn and the
pile is tied with a Turkish knot
with varying density. The wraps
and wefts are of cotton and the
pile of wool. The pile may be
dull to extremely glossy.
Bakhtiari rugs are further of
different types. Hori carpets
are of lower quality. Bibibaff,
Chahal Shotur and Saman range
from good to excellent. They are
known for their artistic and
technical skills. Mostly,
Bakhtiari is weaved in the
south-east of Isfahan in Shahr-Kurd.
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