What's the deal with antique Persian carpets?

With everything that’s been going in Iran lately, we tend to forget that the Middle Eastern country is known as the original home of the oriental carpet. Iran (Persia) is the oldest and once the most powerful empire in the Middle East.

Persia stood at the crossroads of Eastern and Western civilizations. Under the Safavid dynasty Iran attained its artistic height. Court weaving, together with the art of calligraphy, miniature painting, and tilework, flourished to exceptional heights.

The brilliant era witnessed the development of highly qualified carpet factories in cities including Kerman, Isfahan, Kashan, Tabriz, and Herat (now a part of Afghanistan).



Iran is the genesis of most motifs, patterns, and traditional colorations, produced in rugs throughout the world today. Over the centuries, Persian carpets have become treasured heirlooms, passed on from one generation to the next.

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