sardroud carpet
This area is located in northwestern Iran and in East Azarbaijan province and close to Tabriz city
Carpet dating in this city goes back one hundred years
Almost all woven rugs in this area are pictorial carpet
In general,pictorial carpets are woven in 18 provinces of Iran and 350,000 people in Iran are engaged in this carpets production and 80 percent of carpets are produced in sard roud region.
There are 18,000 active weavers and 800 home workshop .
Eighty percent of the population in the area is engaged in the production of carpets and related jobs
22 different jobs work together to produce carpets from beginning to end
Seventy thousand carpets are produced each year in Iran, mostly exported to China, Japan, the US, Germany, and Arab countries.
Carpets are often woven from Merinos wool and silk
The number of knots per square centimeter of these rugs is 50 to 60 knots
The number of colors used is typically 40 to 160 colors
Texture of all kinds of customized images is prevalent in this area and one of the strands of carpet weaving is very hard and requires very high skill.