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۱۷۸۹–۱۹۲۵ · کارگاه‌ها خود را با بازارهای صادراتی و عکاسی وفق می‌دهند؛ میناکاری، نقاشی روی لاکی و تولید تجاری بزرگ قالی گسترش می‌یابد.

تحولات اصلی

مینا روی طلا
نقاشی لاکی
قالی‌بافی صادراتی
عکاسی

مراکز تولید

تهراناصفهانتبریزشیراز

صنایع دستی مستندشده در این دوره

هنر	دسته	خلاصه
خاتم‌کاری	چوب	هنری ایرانی برای کارگذاری تزئینی که در آن میله‌های ظریف چوب، استخوان و فلز در واحدهای ستاره‌ای دسته‌بندی می‌شوند، به ورقه‌های نازک بریده می‌شوند و بر سطح چوبی چسبانده می‌شوند تا موزاییکی هندسی و متراکم شکل بگیرد.
فرش ایرانی	منسوجات	منسوجی پرزدار و گره‌خورده به دست که در سراسر ایران در کارگاه‌های شهری، دارهای روستایی و ایل‌های عشایری بافته می‌شود و با ساختار، پالت رنگی و واژگان طرح منطقه‌ای از یکدیگر متمایز می‌شود.
قالی تبریز	منسوجات	سنت فرش کارگاهی تبریز در آذربایجان شرقی، که با طرح‌های ترسیم‌شده، روش بافت چاقو-قلاب ویژه و طیف گسترده‌ای از درجات ظرافت شناخته می‌شود.
ترمه	منسوجات	پارچه‌ای منقوش ایرانی که با پودهای اضافی بافته می‌شود، به‌طور تاریخی از ابریشم و پشم، و بیش از هر جای دیگر با یزد و کرمان پیوند دارد.
قلم‌زنی	فلزکاری	سنت ایرانی تزئین ظروف مسی، برنجی و نقره‌ای با قلم‌های ریز که با چکش کوبیده می‌شوند و فلز را به خط، زمینه و برجستگی می‌سازند.
نگارگری ایرانی	نقاشی	سنت ایرانی نقاشی ریزنقش برای نسخه‌های خطی و مرقعات، ساخته‌شده از خط ظریف، رنگ صاف و درخشان و قراردادهای فضایی لایه‌ای به‌جای پرسپکتیو تک‌نقطه‌ای.
نستعلیق	خوشنویسی	خطی شکسته و آویزان که در ایران برای شعر فارسی توسعه یافت و با خط زمینه شیب‌دار، تضاد تیز میان ضخیم و نازک و حروف پایانی جاروبی متمایز می‌شود.
کاشی هفت‌رنگ	سفال	کاشی‌های مربعِ چندرنگ که با چند رنگ لعاب‌روی نقاشی و با هم پخته می‌شوند و امکان تولید طرح‌های معماری بزرگ را سریع‌تر از موزاییک کاشی بریده فراهم می‌کنند.
گبه	منسوجات	قالی‌ای پرزدار، ضخیم و درشت‌گره که عمدتاً توسط بافندگان عشایری و روستایی زاگرس بافته می‌شود، با زمینه‌های باز، نقوش اندک و زبان طراحی کاملاً شخصی.
Kilim (Gelim)	Textiles	A flat, pileless woven textile made across Iran by interlocking or slit-weaving coloured weft threads over a warp, used as floor covering, storage bag, saddle cover and tent divider depending on region.
Jajim	Textiles	A narrow-strip flatwoven textile, usually made in warp-faced bands on a portable loom and then sewn together into a wider cloth, traditionally used as bedding cover, floor spread or door hanging by village and pastoral households.
Qalamkar block printing	Textiles	A resist-dyed and block-printed cotton textile, historically associated with Isfahan, in which carved wooden blocks stamp repeating floral and figural patterns onto cloth in successive colour stages.
Pateh embroidery (Kerman)	Textiles	A hand-embroidered wool textile from Kerman in which coloured silk or wool threads are worked in dense chain and satin stitching over a woollen ground, typically in a limited palette against a natural or dyed field.
Sermeh-duzi	Textiles	A metal-thread embroidery technique in which fine gold or silver wire, or wire-wrapped thread, is couched onto velvet or other heavy cloth to create raised, reflective patterns, historically used on ceremonial garments and furnishings.
Namad felt	Textiles	A non-woven wool textile made by matting and pressing raw wool fibres with moisture, heat and friction rather than by weaving, traditionally produced across Iran for floor coverings, cloaks and protective mats.
Giveh footwear	Textiles	A traditional handmade summer shoe with a cotton-thread woven or crocheted upper and a sole historically made of pressed cotton fabric or leather, produced in a number of Iranian towns known for the craft.
Zilu (Meybod)	Textiles	A dense, pileless cotton floor covering woven on a horizontal loom, historically centred on the town of Meybod near Yazd, known for its plain-weave structure and geometric pattern created through warp and weft colour arrangement.
Minakari enamel	Metalwork	A decorative technique in which powdered coloured glass is fused by heat onto the surface of gold, silver or copper objects, producing a smooth, glossy coloured surface, historically practised in Isfahan on vessels, jewellery and decorative panels.
Filigree (Malileh)	Metalwork	A metalworking technique in which fine drawn wires of silver or gold, often twisted or beaded, are soldered into openwork lattices and coiled floral forms to build jewellery, vessels and decorative panels.
Moarraq tile mosaic	Ceramics	A technique of architectural revetment in which monochrome glazed tiles are cut into small individual pieces to a template and set together, glaze face down, into a mortar bed to form complex polychrome patterns and inscriptions.
Lalejin pottery	Ceramics	A regional pottery tradition centred on the town of Lalejin near Hamadan, producing thrown and press-moulded glazed and unglazed earthenware, from utilitarian storage vessels to decorative tableware, in a large number of household workshops.
Gereh-chini lattice	Woodwork	A joinery technique for building geometric lattice screens and panels from small, precisely cut wooden pieces assembled without glue or nails, using interlocking notched joints to form windows, doors and room dividers with openwork star and polygon patterns.
Wood carving (Monabbat)	Woodwork	A relief wood-carving technique in which solid panels, furniture and architectural elements are carved directly with chisels to produce raised or recessed floral, arabesque and geometric ornament, distinct from inlay techniques that build a surface from separate pieces.
Paper marbling (Abr-o-bad)	Paper arts	A decorative paper technique in which pigments are floated and manipulated on a thickened liquid bath and then transferred to a sheet of paper by careful contact, producing swirling, veined patterns historically used for manuscript covers, borders and endpapers.
Persian lacquer painting	Painting	A decorative technique in which papier-mâché or wooden objects, such as boxes, mirror cases and pen boxes, are painted with fine miniature-style scenes or floral ornament and then sealed under multiple coats of clear lacquer varnish.
Turquoise inlay (Firuzeh-kubi)	Metalwork	A decorative technique, associated particularly with Mashhad, in which small chips of turquoise are set edge to edge with adhesive onto a metal object's surface to create a dense mosaic-like covering, most often seen on vessels, jewellery and decorative plates.
Velvet weaving (Makhmal-bafi)	Textiles	A silk weaving technique producing a cut or voided pile on a foundation weave, used in Iran for garments, cushion covers and furnishing panels, with figured Safavid velvets among the most studied survivals.
Brocade weaving (Zari-bafi)	Textiles	A figured silk weaving technique in which supplementary wefts, often including gold- or silver-wrapped thread, create pictorial or floral designs on a silk ground.
Rasht embroidery (Rasht-duzi)	Textiles	A northern Iranian needlework tradition associated with Rasht in Gilan, combining wool felt or broadcloth appliqué with chain-stitch embroidery for covers, hangings and saddle cloths.
Needlework embroidery (Suzan-duzi)	Textiles	A broad term for Iranian needle embroidery on cotton, silk or wool grounds, including counted, darned and satin-stitch work used on covers, garments and prayer cloths.
Steel openwork (Fulad-kari)	Metalwork	The chiselling and piercing of steel into plaques, standards (alam), locks and fittings, often with inscriptions or arabesque openwork.
Jewellery and gem setting	Metalwork	Iranian jewellery ranges from gold and gem-set court ornaments to silver tribal adornment, often combining enamel, turquoise, pearls and coloured stones.
Glassmaking	Glass	Iranian glass includes Sasanian cut glass, early Islamic mould-blown and cut vessels, and later blown bottles and rosewater sprinklers, with a small studio glassblowing tradition today.
Blue-and-white ceramics	Ceramics	Stonepaste wares painted in cobalt blue under a clear glaze, produced in Iran with strong dialogue with Chinese porcelain, especially in the Timurid and Safavid periods.
Stucco carving (Gach-bori)	Architectural ornamentation	The carving and moulding of gypsum plaster into architectural ornament, including mihrabs, inscriptions, muqarnas and wall panels.
Stone carving (Hajjari)	Stone	The carving of marble, limestone, alabaster and softer stones for architectural elements, gravestones, inscriptions and vessels.
Bone and ivory carving	Bone and horn	The carving of bone and, historically, ivory into figurines, plaques, combs and inlay elements, also used as a component in khatam.
Instrument making (Saz-sazi)	Musical instruments	The workshop making of Iranian instruments such as the tar, setar, kamancheh, santur and oud, combining woodwork, skin membranes and inlaid decoration.
Illumination (Tazhib)	Book arts	The decoration of manuscript pages and album leaves with gold and coloured pigments in geometric and floral designs framing text or painting.
Mat and basket weaving (Hasir-bafi)	Basketry	The weaving of mats, baskets, fans and containers from date-palm leaves, reeds and rushes, practised especially in southern and northern Iran.
Leatherwork (Charm-duzi)	Leather	The cutting, stitching, tooling and painting of leather for bags, belts, bookcovers, saddlery and small goods.
Traditional bookbinding (Sahhafi)	Book arts	The hand binding of manuscripts and books with leather or lacquer covers, often with a flap (lisan) and stamped, cut or gilded decoration.
Puppetry (Kheimeh-shab-bazi)	Performing crafts	Traditional Iranian string-puppet theatre, and the craft of making its carved and costumed puppets, including the well-known character Mobarak.
Kashan carpet	Textiles	Hand-knotted city carpets from Kashan, often in wool or silk, known for medallion designs and deep reds and blues.
Heriz carpet	Textiles	Durable, geometric village carpets from the Heris area of East Azerbaijan, with large angular medallions.
Bakhtiari carpet	Textiles	Village and tribal carpets from the Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari region, best known for the garden (khesti) design of repeated panels.

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