Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• Mohammad Afrough

Arak university- carpet facullty

Abstract

This article is the result of a field activity and is associated with the carpet of Qashqai's Nazem design. which has been completed in the camps of Cheshmeh Rahman and Gol Afshan in the city of Semirom in Isfahan province. the nazem design is one of the most prominent designs among the various types of designs in qashqai architecture which is woven today with a different approach and structure from the past in the qashqai geography from Fars province to south of Isfahan (Semirom).the process of settlement of qashqai tribes leads to a change in lifestyle and fundamental changes in quantitative and qualitative production, application and structure of qashqai woven, in particular the carpet of the nazem design in the technological dimension and aesthetic dimension.these dimensions will be investigated and analyzed in this study. the type of research is fundamental and research method is descriptive-analytical.the way information is gathered is predominantly fieldwork. findings of the research indicate is that lifestyle changes from nomad to settlement have a great influence on the production of nomadic wool and especially the carpets of the nazim design. so that the weaving the mental process have given Place herself to weave by pattern and raster map. the size of the carpet of nazem design is smaller than the past and elements of the original structure of the design (altar like space, half cedars,tree of thousand flowers- central of flower pot and flowers and leaves spread and saucer shape) has undergone fundamental changes.

Keywords

• qashqai
• woven
• carpet
• nazem