Persian Rugs and Persian Carpets the O'Connell Guide to Persian Rugs

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The true beauty of Persian Rugs derives from the people who weave Persian Rugs. When we talk about the Persian or Iranian people we are not speaking of one broad ethnic group we are talking about many. While most Persians are Indo European a significant portion are Altaic/Turkic, Dravidian, Kartvelian/Georgian, and Afro-Asiatic. Currently the people of Iran speak 79 different languages and countless dialects.

Much like the United States people from many backgrounds come together and make one people. One must not try to argue that certain people are true Persians and some are Azeris or Arabs, the people of Iran are the Persian people no matter what their milk tongue. For instance the Persians who weave Tabriz Rugs are by and large the Southern Azeri speaking Persians who speak the Tabrizi dialect of Southern Azeri.

The Persian Rug Guides:

Ten thousand villages in Iran produce Persian Rugs so as I collect data I am creating area guides to the different types. These are expanded sections where I have gone into more depth on types of rugs. If there are two guides listed it means that in some flight of fancy I wrote multiple guides. I do things like that.

Miscellaneous Persian Rugs

Abadeh Persian Rugs

Blue cotton wefting is typical in Abadeh rugs.
Abadeh Rugs Guide
Abadeh Rugs Guide

Abolvardi

Afshar: Persian Rugs

Amoghli Persian Carpets

Amoghli Workshop Carpets

Arab Rugs

Persian Rugs: Arabi Main Carpet Circa 1850

Ardabil Persian Carpets

Bakhtiari Persian Carpets

Luri/Bahktiari Persian Carpets

Guide to Luri Rugs
Bahktiarri
Kerman Luri
- Kerman Luri Sumac Bag
Veramin Area
- Rippon Boswell Veramin Region Luri
The Marvadim Luri Bag
Antique Luri Bag Face w/ broken border.

Bakshaish

See Notes on Bakshaish Rugs and Carpets

Bidjar Persian Carpets

Birjand

Birjand Rugs The Persian Rug Notes of Barry O'Connell

Borchalu: Persian Carpets

Borchelu Rugs and Carpets

Doroksh Persian Rug

Fars Persian Carpets

Feraghan Sarouk Persian Carpets

Gabbeh:

Persian Rugs: Guide To Gabbeh Rugs - the Wool, the Yarn, the Dyes

Garmsar rugs

Garmsar Kilim circa 1900 Rippon Boswell Lot 32

Ghoochan Rugs

Gorevan Rugs

Hamadan:

Guide to Hamadan Rugs

Guide To Heriz Rugs & Carpets:

Huseinabad Rug

Guide To Isfahan Rugs & Carpets:

Feraghan Persian Carpets

Guide to Feraghan Rugs & Carpets

Hashtrud Rug
Northwest Persian, southern Azerbaijan. Due east of MIYANEH southeast of Tabriz. Hashtrud is the southern boundary of Persian Azerbaijan. There are Shahsavan in the Hashtrud and Mianyeh areas.

A Heriz silk small carpet, lot 104

Joshagan Persian rugs

Jozan Persian rugs

Jozan village rug C. 1920, W&W lot 141

Kalardasht Persian rugs or Kelardasht Persian rugs
Kalardasht is in Mazandaran province near Roodbarak, Roodbarak

Kalardasht Rugs - Persian Carpet Guide

Kelardasht Persian rugs

Karaja Persian rugs

Guide to Kashan Rugs & Carpets:

A "Mohtashem" Kashan rug, lot 103

Kashmar Persian rugs

Guide to Kerman Rugs & Carpets

Khamseh Confederation Persian rugs

Bird Rugs of South Persia

Khorossan Persian rug

Guide to East Persian Rugs and Carpets

Persian Rugs: Koliai/Sonqur

Kurdish Rugs Notes

Lamberan Rugs Notes

Lavar Kerman Rugs

Lavar Kirman Carpet

Lilihan Persian Carpets

Luri Persian Rugs

Lylyan Rugs

Mahal

Guide to Mahal Rugs & Carpets

Antique 7 x 10 Mahal Carpet

Malayer Persian Carpets

Mashhad Persian Carpets

Maslaghan Persian Rugs

Persian Rugs: Maslaghan - Persian Carpet Guide
Persian Rugs: Mazlaghan - Persian Carpet Guide
Maslaghan is a village due east of Hamadan in the Karaghan area near Kerdar and Nobearan. For many years those rugs were attributed to Mosul and were thought to be Kurdish.
Notes on the Jim Bowen's Maslaghan
Early 20th C. Maslaghan Village Rug
Looks like a Kakaberu with the "lightening bolt" design. However Kakaberu are double wefted and Maslaghan are single wefted.
Mazlaghan Persian Rug C. 1920 W&W lot 98
Mazlaghan Persian Rug D. 1904-5 W&W lot 120

Mohtashem Kashan Rugs - Persian Carpet Guide

Meschkin Persian Rugs

Mehriban Rugs:

Heriz Rugs: Mehriban Rug

Mid 20th C. Mianeh Rug Van-Ham

Mood Rugs - Persian Carpet Guide

Nahavend Rugs - Persian Carpet Guide

Nahavend Rug W&W

Persian Rugs: Nehavend - Persian Carpet Guide

Nain Persian Carpets

Neiriz rug, Fars Province

Najafabad Rugs

Northwest Persian Rugs

Persian Rugs: Persian Bags

Persian Rugs: Persian Bags

Persian Rugs: Kilim, Sumac and Covers - Persian Carpet Guide

Persian Rugs: Prayer Rugs

Persian Rugs: By Name

Persian Rugs: Salt bags - Persian Carpet Guide

Polonaise Persian Rugs

Notes on Polonaise Rugs

Qashqai Persian Rugs

Qazvin Persian Carpets

New Qoltug Bijar Oriental Rug

New Qoltuq Bidjar

Qum Persian Rugs

Guide to Qum Rugs and Carpets

NW Persian Afshan Fragment Rare Elements

Persian Rugs: Resht

Sabzavar Persian Carpets

Guide To Sabzavar

Saddle Rugs

Sanandaj Rugs

Sarab Rugs

Saraband Rugs

Saraband Rugs: Saraband Carpet circa 1900

A Safavid carpet border fragment

A circa 1900 Sarab Rug

Sarab. Alt Runner Van-Ham

Guide to Sarouk carpets

Sennah Persian Carpets

Saraband Persian Carpets

Saraband Rugs: The O'Connell Guide

Serapi Rugs

Shahsavan

Shiraz Persian Rugs

Shiraz Rugs: The O'Connell Guide
Persian Rugs: Shiraz
Older Shiraz Rug
Older Shiraz Carpet
Hajji Rahimpour is the leading dealer in the Vakil Bazaar in Shiraz Iran. Hajji Rahimpour is known as a man to trust and has been raised to near mythic proportion by the writings of the world renowned Author, dealer, and lecturer, James Opie.
Shiraz Rugs: Shiraz Lori Rug
Shiraz Rugs: Pole Medallion Lori Rug
Shiraz Rugs: Pole Medallion Lori Rug w/ Offset Border
Shiraz Rugs: Branched Pole Medallion Lori Rug
Shiraz Rugs: Floral Rosette Shiraz Rug
Shiraz Rugs: Tan and Brown Rug
Shiraz Rugs: Bird and Deer Rug
Shiraz Rugs: Tan and Brown Shiraz Rug
Shiraz Rugs: Shiraz Kilim
Shiraz Rugs: Natural Tan Shiraz Rug

Shooshtar (Shoshtar) Kelim

Persian Rugs: Silk

Persian Rugs: Sirjan

Sirjan Rugs: Southern Azeri Sirjan Rug

Songhor

Sultanabad Rugs

Tabriz Persian Carpets

Persian Rugs: Tafresh

Notes on State Department Carpets

Teheran Persian Carpets

Touserkan Rugs

Veramin Persian Carpets

Persian Rugs: Viss

Persian Rugs: Wagireh / Vagireh

Yalameh Persian Rugs

Persian Rugs: Yazd

Guide To Yezd Carpets

Persian Rugs: Zanjan

Zanjan Rugs: Bird and Blossum Zanjan Rug

Persian Rugs Persian Carpets the O'Connell Guide to Persian Rugs

Looking for Quality Persian Rugs and Carpets?

Over the years I have come to know many of the carpet dealers in the world and I recommend many of them in my Trusted Resource List. If you wonder what other people are buying take a look at Top 10 Best Selling Persian Rugs. I use industry sources to keep track of what people ar buying

For Good New Persian Rugs at very good prices see my friends at www.RugMan.com. For other sources or for older and antique rugs or if you just want my advice or input please feel free to give me a call.
Best wishes,
Barry O'Connell

Silk Kashan Rug formerly in the James M. Keshishian Collection

Heriz Carpet circa 1900

Antique Luri Bahktiari Saddle Bag

Persian Rug Odds & Ends

The Forked Tendril Motif

Village rug corner resolution

The Largest Persian Carpet In the World...

Laleh International Hotel (formerly the Intercontinental)

First Hand Information on Tourism in Iran

Translation of a Cartouche Written in Persian

New Persian Carpets - Qum, Kum, Gum

A Lustre-Decorated Kashan 13th C. Star Tile

A Safavid Green-Glazed Bottle w/Prince

A Safavid Green-Glazed Moulded Pottery Bottle

A Timurid Cuerda Seca Pottery Star Tile

Cloudbands

Designers: Rashti Zadeh

Tree of Life Kashan Rug

Old Isphahan Persian rug

Kerman Province Afshar Village Rug

Master Weavers

The leading Persian carpet masters of the reign of Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi includes Serafian of Isfahan, Rastehzadeh of Qum, Fathollah Habibian of Nain.

Rugs with Animals

Sarouk Rugs: Camal and Lion Mahal Carpet C. 1890 Sotheby's lot 122

Zanjan Rugs: Bird and Blossum Zanjan Rug

Huseinabad Rug with Birds in the Spandrels

Cypruss trees

Fars - Danicheh-khair village Rug

Turkmen Gul

Nagel semi-antique Kelardasht Rug Lot 87

Animals in Iran/Persia

Persian Fallow Deer Saved From Extinction

Persian Yellow Deer released in Yazd province

Asiatic Black Bear Near Extinction