Tehran Persian Carpet

The tehran carpet museum of iran is one of the world s few museums that specializes only in carpets.

Tehran persian carpet.

Carpet museum of iran tehran located in tehran beside laleh park and founded in 1976 the carpet museum of iran exhibits a variety of persian carpets from all over iran dating from the 16th century to the present. 359 125 x 92 persian kerman wool rug. However while traditional rugs have been woven in a variety of styles throughout persia for centuries and centuries tehran itself only became a center of antique rug production after the great revival of persian weaving was underway in the late nineteenth. Famed for the beauty of their patterns their intricately woven colors durability and the years of.

Tehran is the capital of iran the country historically referred to as persia and the greatest carpet producing country in the world. Of course there are carpets shops in tehran bazaar as well as isfahan and shiraz. Persian carpets are well known all around the world and this museum offers the rare and exciting opportunity to visit and appreciate them in their country of origin. Tehran rug persia circa 1900 40 x 70.

The shades of the orient are taken from nature and woven into pieces that speak to the magnificence and success of old persia. 360 810 x 58 persian kerman wool rug. In the persian empire kashan was considered one of the most important trading places on the famous silk road which still exists today. Genuine carpets from iran formerly known as persia are treasured by collectors world wide.

It is certainly worth buying it inside in iran cuz the copies of persian carpet are now produced in different neighboring countries and it is impossible for non expert to distinguish it from real persian ones. The museum s exhibition hall occupies 3 400 square meters 36 597 ft and its library contains approximately 7 000 books. Some very big carpet dealer are based in tehran. Within the group of oriental rugs produced by the countries of the rug belt the persian carpet stands out by the variety and elaborateness of its manifold designs.

Carpet weaving is an essential part of persian culture and iranian art. Rare pair persian wool tehran carpets. One of the most famous persian carpets of all the ardebil rug in the victoria and albert museum in london is said to have been knotted here in this city between isfahan and tehran. In the context of persian rugs this implies.