Setting
Borujerd lies in a fertile plain in northern Lorestan, with a bazaar in the historic core.
Why this place matters for craft
Copper hammering and tinning are reported in the city's bazaar alongside regional weaving. As with much of the western provinces, craft documentation is thinner than for the major centres.
Quarters, bazaars and workshops
| Area | What is there |
|---|---|
| Copper lanes | Hammering and tinning workshops; noisy working rows. |
What to look for on an object
- Hammered copper vessel — Dense overlapping hammer marks and a hand-seamed join; spun ware shows concentric machine lines.
These notes are for learning to look, not for authentication. No description here certifies an object, its age or its origin.
Practical notes
- A working bazaar with little visitor provision; mornings are best.
- Workshop addresses, bazaar hours and market days change; confirm locally before travelling.
Season: Spring and autumn.
Used in these crafts
The Iranian tradition of decorating copper, brass and silver vessels with small chisels struck by hammer, working the metal into line, ground and relief.
Decoration of brass, bronze or steel vessels by setting silver, copper or gold into cut recesses, producing figurative scenes, inscriptions and ornament in contrasting colour.
A hand-knotted pile textile woven across Iran in city workshops, village looms and pastoral camps, distinguished by regional structure, palette and design vocabulary.
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.