Gol Farang
ID Tip: Take a look at
the Roses in these rugs. It is a more Western use of Perspective. When you see
this you can call it a Gol Farang. Old time dealers will often call these “Cabbage
Rose”.
In Persian and
Caucasian Rugs there is a floral pattern called the Gol Farang. Also seen as
Goli Farngi, Gol-e Farang, Golfarangi, etc… Gol is Persian for flower and
Farang is Persian for Frank in the sense of French. Going back to the time of
the crusaders encountering the Mongols, all Europeans were called Franks or
Farang. So when we see Gol Farang it means European Flowers. What makes a flower European? Generally it is
the use or perspective which we do not normally see in Oriental Rugs.
It was not unusual for
Mongols and Muslims to call Christian Europe Frangistan.
Certain types of rugs more
commonly use the Gol Farang pattern. It is very common in Senneh rugs:
We also see it
frequently in antique Karabagh Rugs:
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