Meshgin
The Meshgin ( Persian قالی مشگینشهر) is a type of carpet that is widespread in Persian Azerbaijan (Persian آذربايجان Āzārbāyjān) near the Caucasus. The Meschgin presents itself in the form of bridges (small to medium-sized, mostly very valuable carpets) and runners (carpets of a long, narrow format). The carpets are knotted by (mostly cattle breeding) mountain nomads from the region.
Meshgins are dignified and often very beautiful products with predominantly generous geometric patterns. Both in structure and pattern, they are very close to the properties of Caucasian types of carpet. The operation is performed with cotton or woolen warp threads and woolen weft threads . The pile is half high and consists of excellent, shiny mountain sheep wool. The pattern comes up with hooked octagons , hexagons or diamonds lined up along the longitudinal axis . Rosettes , geometric shapes, boteh and repeat patterns and occasional animal motifs appear on the mostly red background .
Meshegins usually have around 120,000 Turkish knots per m² .
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literature
- SAMilhofer, Orient-Teppiche, Fackelträger-Verlag 1966 - Schmidt-Küster GmbH, without ISBN