The city of Tabriz is the capital of Azerbaijan province in Northwestern Iran. Tabriz supplied the West with masterpieces that were made by renowned and very capable weavers. Their high quality of Tabriz rugs made them renowned in world markets. Many workshops where created where hand-woven rugs with very high density knots and high quality materials where woven. Silk and fine quality wool establish these rugs as very high class. No other city in Persia produced such large quantity or variety of rugs. With or without a medallion, their designs are full of imagination and individuality. Flowers, scenes, stanzas of poems often decorate them. Their predominant colours are beige, blue and red.
