Bijar describes those Persian carpets which are immidiately distinguishable from others by the thickness of their pile. They have long been manufactured in the city of Bijar and its enviorns.To some extents the term is applied also to carpets produced in the surrounding districtrict of gerus, but whereas the genuine gerus carpets almost always display the same pattern (the so -called Do-Gule, a design of rosettes and palmettes,endlessly repeated) the pattern of the Bijars is hardly ever geometrical, but marked by great diversity,ranging from the smallest Herati pattern to very large palmettes, like hose in the 'vase carpet.' The background may be uniform, or covered with a design of corners and medallions: or without medallions.
