Sir William Burrell / Wagner “Garden” rug, Kerman, Iran, 17th century (Safavid Empire). Glasgow Museum (cotton and wool) The Wagner Garden Carpet is one of the most amazing garden carpets to have survived to the present. It was produced during…
The Kurdish town of Senneh (now Sanandaj) lies in the mountains some miles from the frontier with Iraq. Here, some of the thinnest and most sophisticated rugs you can find are woven – quite different to the thick, heavy carpets…
Today we’d like to show you a wonderful Sarouk rug that is available at our showroom here in Los Angeles. It is a square Sarouk Rug, measuring 3’4″ x 3’4″. It is in excellent condition and can be used in…
Heriz is the best known of a number of villages in a district of northwestern Iran that stretches to Tabriz, and its carpets are superior in quality to others created in the region. The silk carpets that were woven there…
Because labor and production costs have risen rapidly in Iran and the amount of weaving has declined, rugs from that country may be more costly than those of comparable quality from other rug producing areas. The political situation has also…
For many people, the terms “Oriental Rug” and “Persian Rug” are mistakenly synonymous. The Persian Empire was where rug making reached its zenith during the sixteenth century, and many of the traditional patterns and weaving techniques are still being practiced…
Iran to hoist flag at North Pole Tehran Times Culture Desk TEHRAN — Iranian Hamid Jodeiri Khodashenas will be hoisting Iran’s three-colored flag at the North Pole for the first time. “I will take a fistful of Iran’s soil, water…