Tehran Persian Carpet

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 persian carpet.

Rare pair persian wool tehran carpets. Genuine carpets from iran formerly known as persia are treasured by collectors world wide. The shades of the orient are taken from nature and woven into pieces that speak to the magnificence and success of old persia. 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 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. Best wool yarn is knotted by hand and tied in long periods of manual work to rugs that can scarcely be found anyplace else on the planet. 69 antique silk and wool tehran persian rug carpet 3. A universe of 1001 nights.

The tehran carpet museum of iran is one of the world s few museums that specializes only in carpets. Some very big carpet dealer are based in tehran. Carpet weaving is an essential part of persian culture and iranian art. In the persian empire kashan was considered one of the most important trading places on the famous silk road which still exists today.

Tehran rug persia circa 1900 40 x 70. 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. 359 125 x 92 persian kerman wool rug. In the context of persian rugs this implies.

The museum s exhibition hall occupies 3 400 square meters 36 597 ft and its library contains approximately 7 000 books. 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. 360 810 x 58 persian kerman wool rug.