An introduction to the aesthetics of Chaleshtor’s lozenge rugs

Researches on the design of Iranian handmade rugs have extremely conducted based on the regional taste of carpeting. The Iranian people select the carpet primarily based on the city of weaving. Thus, the aesthetic features of the rug correspond to the second criteria of carpet selection. This is a general question of the history of aesthetics under this broad inquiry: what is beauty and what is the beautiful commodity? In this regard, Chaleshtor’s lozenge rugs, which are world-famous textiles in terms of design, pattern, color and texture, were selected as the case studies. Given the subject matter, it was important to the authors to know: what are the characteristics of the beauty of the lozenge rugs? In other words, this question emerged: can the principles of aesthetics rule over a single piece of lozenge rug and give it a beautiful verdict? The goals of this research was to recognize the beauty of lozenge rug woven in Chaleshtor. The authors presented the different attitudes and interpretations of aesthetics from the perspective of the scholars in the field who were generally experts in the philosophy of aesthetics. The results of this study demonstrated that beauty factors in the Chaleshtor’s lozenge rugs can be divided into two groups, external (form of design) and internal (content of design). The complementary analysis of lozenge rugs which was conducted based on the theory of ‘form of design’ indicated that visual features such as unity in diversity in terms of carpet layout, unity and diversity in the color elements, color unity in the whole context of the carpet layouts, and the color compositions make the Chaleshtor’s lozenge rugs as the beautiful commodity.