All about Mahalat carpets in Iran
Rug Mahallat or Mahallat carpet is one of the light rural carpets that is woven in Mahallat area located in Markazi province in the center of Iran. In this carpet, asymmetrical knots are used with cotton and silk thread and wool and wool and silk lint. Sophisticated and elastic fish and bergamot are common and ivory designs, pink, red, blue and crimson are common colors of neighborhood carpets.
Mahalat rugs are woven with woolen lint and cotton thread. The common dimensions of Mahalat carpet are: half and half, two cubits, six meters, nine meters, side and sometimes large dimensions of the fabric are woven. Carpet weaving in this area is Persian knot. The screw head is connected and is done when weaving the carpet. The two methods of Persian and revolving weaving are in Mahalat carpet; But Persian weaving is more common. An examination of the carpets produced in the area showed that some of them have defects; Including ups and downs, slanting, swordsmanship, and carpet weaving. These problems are often caused by the incompatibility of the raw materials with the rug count, the unevenness of the shoulder strokes, the excessive stretching of the weft, the unevenness of the stretch of the weft threads, and the failure to perform steps such as kilim weaving and weaving.
