Iranian handicrafts

Iranian handicrafts are handicraft or handmade crafted works originating from Iran.

Basketry and wickerwork

• Boryabaf [fa], a bamboo wickerwork or textile, used to make floor mats, stools, and fans.
• Kapu (basket) [fa], a palm leaf basketry.^[1]
• Tutan (boat) [fa], an indigenous boat made of tobacco leaves found in the Hamun Lake region^[2]

Carpets and rugs

• Persian carpet
  • Abadeh rug, type of carpet with a large diamond pattern
  • Afshar rugs, carpets from the Turkic Afshar tribe
  • Ardabil Carpet, the name of two different famous Safavid carpets which became a style^[3]
  • Dilmaghani, the oldest existing manufacturers of hand knotted carpets
  • Gabbeh, a type of Persian nomadic carpet
  • Heriz rug, type of carpet with copper in the wool and bold patterns with a large medallion
  • Shiraz rug, a type of Persian carpet
  • Tabriz rug, genre of carpets found in Tabriz
• Kilims, flat woven rug or tapestry^[4]
  • Zili [fa], type of Kilim
• Soumak, flat woven rug, bedding, or tapestry; a stronger and thicker weave than a Kilim

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  The Ardabil carpet
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  weaving a carpet in a caravansari in Meybod
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  gabbeh carpet
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  Baluch carpet, mid–19th century
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  Soumak rug

Textiles

• Persian embroidery
  • Pateh, needlework on wool, with colored thread, mostly of silk. It is mostly created by women.^[5]
  • Rasht embroidery
  • Sermeh embroidery
  • Sistan embroidery and Sistan cream embroidery [fa], using a black, cream or white thread color to decorate clothing or other fabrics
  • Zardozi, metal embroidery thread work made of silver or gold.^[6]
• Balochi needlework
• Brocade, shuttle-woven fabrics often made in colored silks and sometimes with gold and silver threads.
• Felt, a traditional weaving, common to the Kermanshah province^[7]
• Ghelimche [fa], a traditional machine woven fabric
• Ghalamkar, wood-block printed fabric, often used for table cloths or as bedspreads.^[8]
• Khameh, silk embroidered on raw-colored fabric, typically in all white.^[9]
• Jajim, hand-woven, colorful fabric often found in rural areas
• Termeh, hand woven fabric, often used for table cloths, or made into shawls.^[10]

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  Up-close of Zardozi metal embroidery
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  A sample of Termeh
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  Iranian Baluchi embroidery
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  Persian silk brocade fabric with silver thread (Persian: Golabetoon)
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  Bakhtiari felting in Shahr-e Kord
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  Pateh, needlework on wool

Metalwork

• Dovatgari^[11][12]
• Enamelwork (Persian: Minakari)^[13]
• Metal engraving (Persian: Ghalamzani)^[13]
• Openwork, a popular style for bronze work
• Silver-gilt
• Toreutics (Persian: Ghalam-Zani)^[14]

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  Tabriz-style copper
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  Persian metal engraving (golden plated), depicting Shah Anushirvan
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  ring making in Qom province
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  Openwork metal, incense burner, c. 11th century
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  Enamelwork
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  Store selling metalwork

Woodwork

• Girih, a branch of traditional architecture and tiling strapwork, often made of wood, but sometimes made of other materials.
• Moarragh (also known as Moarraq), traditional marquetry or wood inlay
• Khatam, marquetry or wood inlay using very small pieces, often made into boxes or to decorate home goods^[15][13]
• Wood carving

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  Girih screen found in Nishapur
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  A sample of Khatam box
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  Khatam items
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  Backgammon (Nard) board made in Khatam technique.

Pottery and ceramics

See also: Persian pottery

• Earthenware
• Fritware
• Garrus ware
• Gombroon ware
• Kraak ware
• Kubachi ware
• Lustreware
• Mina'i ware
• Moarragh, traditional ceramic mosaic tile developed by the Seljuks^[16][17]

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  Persian Kraak ware
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  glazed ceramic tile work, from the ceiling of the Tomb of Hafez in Shiraz
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  Kubachi ware
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  Lustreware
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  Mina'i ware

Stone, masonry, and mosaic

• Chiq [fa], a building material used inside the walls of nomadic black tents called "siah chador".^[18]
• Hardstone carving
• Sculpturing
• Stained glass
• Firoozeh Koobi, made of a copper vessel that is covered with inlayed turquoise stone.^[19]
• Stone inlay, the most popular stone used is carnelian, followed by turquoise to make traditional jewelry.^[20] The inlay is typically laid in mastic and wax, then fixed with enamel and/or niello.^[20]

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  Firoozeh koobi or Persian turquoise inlay
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  Colossal Statue of Shapur I, example of traditional statuary stone carving
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  Enameled vase
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Painting, drawing, and motifs

• Persian miniature
• Motifs
  • Buta (ornament), a motif style
  • Gol o Bolbol [fa], a flower-and-bird motif style
  • Paisley (design), a motif style
  • Master of Animals
  • Lion and Sun
• Illuminated manuscript
• Tashir (craft) [fa], a gilding and painting technique^[21]

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  example of a Persian miniature, "The Nightmare of Zahhak" (c. 1525–1535)
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  example of Tashir
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  Gol o bolbol motif on earthenware tiles, from the Qajar-era
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  Persian silk brocade with silver and gold thread, with paisley pattern

Places in Iran to find handicrafts

• Grand Bazaar, Tehran
• Vakil Bazaar, Shiraz
• Bazaar-e Bozorg, Isfahan
• Tabriz Grand Bazaar, Tabriz
• Fire Temple of Yazd.

See also

• Arts of Iran
• Persian art
• Persian-Sassanid art patterns