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Some
famous rug designers of the late 19th and also
20th century are:
Isa Bahadori was
born in Bozchelu, one of Arak counties. He ha his school
period in Tehran (Kamalolmolk School). There
is a little information about masterpieces of this artist
of Arak, as most of his works has been exported to foreign
countries.
Some
other designers are Asadollah Daqiqi, Abdolkarim Rafiei,
Asadollah Qaffari (Anjedan).
Asadollah
Daqiqi was born in Isfahan, but as he was very interested
in drawing and designing rug images, he went to Arak (Soltanabad)
and learned rug designing in Mirza Abdollah Raisabadi
School. He, along with Abdollah Rafiei, who was the
student of Mirza Abdollah Sheikh, established a rug
designing center.
Seyed
Hassan and Seyed Hossein were two brothers, who came from
Tehran. They had much experience in Gol Farang,
Corner-Medallion, Bouquet and Overall Flower images and
also in ancient designs of Arak. They both died in about
1926.
Another
well-known rug designer is Jafar Changi, who was born in
1903 in Arak. He was famous for his Bouquet and Gol Farang
images.
Among
these designers, it has to be mentioned to two great
designers of Arak called Zabihollah Abtahi and Asadollah
Abtahi. Zabihollah Abtahi known as “Aqa Zabihollah”
(worker), was born in 1897 in Arak. It seems that he had
been the most well-known rug-designer of Arak. He started
design learning, when he was 10. One of his teachers was
Sadeq Baqeri. He had full experienced in Arabesque and
Palmette Flower designs.
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