variety of western carpet designs such as Bahaus School are characterized as different from the traditional designs and forms and are basically based on principles of visual arts. This variety pops up questions about the origin, causes, and relationship with oriental carpets. This paper is an attempt to answer some of these questions. To this end, history of western carpet by looking at art mov...

This study examines weaving techniques in three rare samples of Ghashghaei tribe hand-woven artifacts. Two first samples, “Shishe dermeh baafi” and “O’ei baafi” (2 laaye baafi) we found similarities and differences in the weaving structures, which are: Similarities: Both are hand-woven products woven through flat weaving, having two opposite colours warp and woof. ...