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Borujerd Rugs
Borujerd is in Lorestan, western Persia, a region of mountain villages with a long weaving tradition. The rugs are village work rather than workshop work, and they look it in the best way.
Borujerd: mountain village weaving from Lorestan
Borujerd sits in Lorestan in western Persia, in the Zagros foothills. This is village weaving rather than workshop production: rugs made in houses, on simple looms, by weavers working from a design held in memory rather than drawn on paper.
The results are confident and slightly irregular, which is the appeal. A Borujerd medallion is rarely perfectly centered and the border often adjusts as it turns a corner, because a person was solving the problem as they went.
Drawing is confident and slightly irregular, with medallions that rarely repeat exactly. Area rugs and runners make up most of what we have, many on soft tan, sage and teal grounds, each one woven between the 1940s and the 1980s and unrepeated.
Recognizing a Borujerd
- Drawing: stepped medallions, hooked forms and repeating boteh, all geometric.
- Color: tan, sage and teal grounds most often, with a few navy, taupe and red pieces.
- Construction: wool on cotton, medium weight, firm village handle.
- Sizes: mostly area rugs and runners in this collection.
For houses that get used
Borujerd rugs suit rooms that are lived in without ceremony. The geometry hides the reality of a working house, and the wool is dense enough to take everyday footfall in its stride.
They also work well in rooms that already have a lot going on, because the drawing is strong and the colors are soft.
Making sense of the irregularities
Expect abrash, the horizontal color banding that appears where the weaver moved from one dye lot to the next. Expect a field that is slightly wider at one end. In village weaving these are not faults but the record of the making, and they are much of what people collect.
Borujerd, the short answers
Is Borujerd the same as Lori?
They come from the same region and the drawing overlaps, but Borujerd is a town and Lori refers to the Lur people. A Borujerd is village weaving; a Lori is tribal weaving.
Why is my rug not perfectly rectangular?
Village looms are not precision instruments and the tension changes as work proceeds. A small variation in width is normal and is not a defect.
Are they suitable for a dining room?
The largest here are around 6 by 9 feet, which suits a small dining table. Allow about 24 inches (60 cm) of rug beyond the table on every side, and measure with the chairs pulled out.
How to choose a Borujerd
Pick on ground color first, then on how bold you want the geometry to look from the doorway. Every Borujerd we list dates from the 1940s to the 1980s, and none has a duplicate.