Luri Rugs

Luri rugs are the weaving of the Lurs, a nomadic and village people of the Zagros Mountains in western and south western Persia, from Luristan down through the Bakhtiari country into Fars. The Bakhtiari are themselves a Lur people, so Luri and Bakhtiari weaving overlap, and Luri weavers also worked alongside the Qashqai and Khamseh tribes of the south, where the Gabbeh is credited to Qashqai and Luri looms alike. A Luri rug therefore sits inside the south Persian tribal family: hand knotted in wool, strongly geometric, and drawn from memory rather than from a cartoon on paper.

At present the archive holds one antique Luri rug, catalogued circa 1900 and under Bakhtiari as well: a scatter size piece of 4 feet 6 inches by 6 feet 2 inches with a deep indigo field carrying geometric motifs in hand knotted wool pile, rated for high traffic use.

Do not confuse Luri with Lori Pambak. Lori Pambak rugs are Caucasian Kazaks named for the Lori and Pambak valleys, a different region and a different tradition, and they have an archive of their own on this site.