Weaving pattern or Dastoor, Faghare, Ornak

Written by Abdolhossein Ghasemnejad.

Before the carpet paper patterns came in use, women weavers in rural areas and at times nomads in Iran used to use a woven pattern called Dastoor, Faghareh, or Ornak.

Description

These woven patterns were usually one-fourths of the rug’s size covering all four main components (border، principal surfaces، Medallion and Corner). Interestingly, these components were woven compactly. In rugs with repeated motifs, only the repeated part was woven, making Dastoor appear in an echelon manner instead of a rectangular form.
To weave according to Dastoor, the weaver would read Dastoor and then tie the knots one by one until she/he reached halfway through the weave. Then the same process was done symmetrically. In order to do the right knot count, other weavers had the back of Dastoor in front of them, hence reading it more easily.
Today, the use of Dastoors has been rendered obsolete; yet, as they are of historic and aesthetic value, many customers are still looking for them. Dstoor was mainly used in the west of Iran along the Zagros mountain range and in particular among Bijar and Bakhtiyari Kurds as well as Lurs of Nahavand.

Bibliography

Ghasemnejad, Abdolhossein. 2023.