A Comparative analysis of two traditions of tablecloth weaving in Iran; South Khorasan and North Khorasan provinces

Woven fabrics are one of the first human textiles that are often created as the most diverse products in the field of design, role and consumables. Tablecloth weaving or flour tablecloth is one of the traditional woven fabrics that is produced from spun fibers of camel or sheep wool. This artifact product is woven on the ground-based loom. In the visual design of this functional product, motifs such as goats, rams or geometric shapes are used in the middle and margins of the artifact. These shapes are mentally designed and mostly taken from the surrounding nature. Tablecloth weaving is common in some villages of Ghayenat in South Khorasan and also in some cities of North Khorasan. This art has a similar name and application in both mentioned areas. It seems that these two region of producing the flour tablecloth have not been studied comparatively with each other so far. Therefore, in this research, which was benefited from the comparative method and data collection in the form of library and field studies, an attempt has been made to investigate the differences and similarities between these two types of hand-woven flour tablecloth.