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In the name of Allah
We read statements of Mr. Alireza Noohi, holder of high quality brand of Salatin furniture:
I, Alireza Noohi, provide a brief review for artists and those who are interested, hoping that it is a review on artistic and ethical values of founders of this art in Kerman, land of Kariman.
In an inquiry I did from my grandfather when he was alive, he said that his father Mr. Gholamali was a very skillful carpenter and he had made very beautiful and valuable furnishings with primary and old carpentry means. My grandfather learnt the art of handicraft from him and they made elegant furnishings such as traditional furniture, inlay table, Tar (string instrument), fiddle and even some agricultural instruments like Oshin, Gavgard and also many handicrafts with little facilities.
May father couldn’t go to school regarding lack of financial facilities and learn everything from my grandfather and started activity in this field from childhood.
My father was very interested in manufacturing furniture and they mad furniture with a cover of hand-woven carpet or cloth. The industry of furniture with a cover of carpet inherited from my late grandfather Mohammadhossein Noohi to my father Mahmoud Noohi and then to me. I have tried to make the furniture with hand-woven carpet cover using a modern method and change it, that luckily; it has been welcomed very much in Kerman province and other cities and even abroad, insomuch as it has even impacted on steel and even cloth furniture. I have the honor to be inventor of carpet seat and carpet rock furniture, that at first I started with the same dimensions of carpet and later make coordination with carpet weaver workmen and minified the plan of seat carpet and then I administrated it on seat and rock furniture which attracted lots of attention.
At the time, since we hadn’t a favorable financial condition, I was involved in many problems for my subsistence and because I always liked to be independent and work for myself, I get my decision and purchased some walnut trees, plantain, service and berry trees and cut their head by saw and started making furniture, table, handicrafts, sport instruments ( rod, rock and swim board) next to Moeidi chest which was useless at that time. I both worked and exercised.
At the time of my grandfather, late Mohammadhossein Noohi, life, I gave him a large amount of berry trees which I had cut for making Tar; I lathed the Tar tune and cut camel bone as belt sheet which was used under Tar cord. And because of my great interest my grandfather taught me making Tar and I used his knowledge and experiences as much as possible. God bless him
Deceased Mahboob who was one of famous artists and protagonists, and lived in vicinity of my father shop was very kind to me and helped me a lot in making carpet furniture. He donated me a prayer armlet which was very worthful for me. Later, I changed the name of my shop from Nooh carpet furniture to Salatin carpet furniture with his advice and view.
I worked for a while with late Haj Reza Kamiabi who was one of skillful workmen in the field of lumbering and handicrafts that he helped me very much and I learned many things from him, and this is my honor that I had once been his apprentice and worker.
I have worked in Esfahan, Tehran and Malaier with many skillful workmen and learnt diaphoretic, wood carving, wood turning, inlay, net cutting, cover nailing, coloring and many other arts.
At that time when I was a worker, even didn’t have a place for sleep, my master allowed me to sleep in the workshop, I remember that because of severe cold, I got out wood chaffs beneath grate and slept on the. My wage was learning and I ate a little food, I someday I bought a sandwich ate it in three turns, for breakfast, dinner and lunch. But with stable will and great effort and relaying on unique God, I became a proficient master.
First, I made carpet skeleton traditionally, then I designed a furniture whose arm was a lion; I carved its tooth from pistachio wood which is very hard. I know myself the primary inventive of lion furniture, this furniture was welcomed in Tehran and surrounding cities very much.
Later I made and present many designs and models like lion, blossom, Achaemenian, turnery, snake, steel and semi-steel and I administered some models on stone. I have always been independent and didn’t take any financial aid from anyone and I worked and progressed with my own wage.
Now, I have am equipped workshop and exhibition and I have 2 children who are active in the industry of carpet furniture, manufacturing and selling furniture.
I believe that labors and prayers of my parents has been the cause of my progress and I ask God their health and long life.
Regarding the labor I did for the carpet furniture industry, I feel myself liable to state some issues for clarifying some posed problems:
Since some people and or with similar surname, by financial support of … and with incorrect and unreal propaganda have misused my fame and also gave dimensions of furniture Skelton which are specified previously to skillful workmen in industrial cities and have provided some furniture with pre-made models and have attributed the name of producer and their manufacture to themselves and have ruined originality of carpet furniture which has been made in Kerman and became famous, I decided to declare the reality clearly and with evidence for my dear townsmen and lovers of carpet furniture ( this Kermanian original art). also I appreciate members of this guild union, Mr. Haj Abbas Abolhasani and Mr. Mehdi Ghazi Zadeh and Mr. Haj Akbar Anjom Shoae who are serving in this guild union for a long time. Also, I appreciate the department of industries and handicrafts who helped me very much. I respect all artists and protagonists of Iranian furniture and ask God their health, long life , success and pride. I was, am and will be the same working man and I have tried to be always people servant.
The materials I mentioned here was merely for clarifying some problems and enlightening the history of Kerman carpet furniture.
So, I leave carpet furniture under the name of Salatin as a national and traditional brand in your houses with life and antiquity of Noah as a traditional memorial.