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The Persian Rug Guides:

Hundreds of 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.

Persian Rugs and Carpets By Name

Notes on Saddle Rugs

Notes on Persian Bags

A Guide to Wagireh Sampler Rugs


Miscellaneous Persian Rugs

Abadeh Persian Rugs

Abolvardi

Amoghli Persian Carpets

Ardabil Persian Carpets

Van-Ham Small Ardabil Carpet

Afshar: Persian Rugs

Bakhtiari Persian Carpets

Luri/Bahktiari Persian Carpets

Bakshaish

Bidjar Persian Carpets

Borchalu: Persian Carpets

Doroksh Persian Rug

Fars Persian Carpets

Feraghan Sarouk Persian Carpets

Gabbeh:

Hamadan:

Guide To Heriz Rugs & Carpets:

Huseinabad Rug

Guide To Isfahan Rugs & Carpets:

An Esfahan rug, circa 1900

An Esfahan rug, circa 1930

An Esfahan rug, circa 1950

An early 20th century Esfahan carpet, lot 69

An Esfahan carpet, circa 1930 lot 44

Sotheby's 17th C. Isfahan Carpet

Feraghan Persian Carpets

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

A Heriz silk small carpet, lot 104

Joshagan Persian rugs

Jozan Persian rugs

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

Karaja Persian rugs

Guide to Kashan Rugs & Carpets:

A "Mohtashem" Kashan rug, lot 103

Kashmar Persian rugs

Kelardasht 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
  • Notes on Kurdish Weaving

    Notes on Lamberan

    Lavar Kirman Carpet

    Lilihan Persian Carpets

    Luri Persian Rugs

    Mahal

    Antique 7 x 10 Mahal Carpet

    Malayer Persian Carpets

    Mashhad Persian Carpets

    Maslaghan Persian Rugs

    Meschkin Persian Rugs

    Van-Ham Mid 20th C. Mianeh Rug

    W&W Nahavend Rug

    Nain Persian Carpets

    Neiriz rug, Fars Province

    Northwest Persian Rugs

    Polonaise Persian Rugs

    Qashqai Persian Rugs

    Qazvin Persian Carpets

    New Qoltug Bijar Oriental Rug

    New Qoltuq Bidjar

    Qum Persian Rugs

    Rare Elements NW Persian Afshan Fragment

    Sabzavar Persian Carpets

    A Safavid carpet border fragment

    A circa 1900 Sarab Rug

    Van-Ham Sarab. Alt Runner

    Guide to Sarouk carpets

    Sennah Persian Carpets

    Saraband Persian Carpets

    Sotheby's James K. Marechal Serab Carpet last quarter 19th C. lot 136

    Shahsavan

    Shiraz Persian Rugs

    Shooshtar (Shoshtar) Kelim

    Tabriz Persian Carpets

    Notes on State Department Carpets

    Teheran Persian Carpets

    Veramin Persian Carpets

    Yalameh Persian Rugs

    Guide To Yezd Carpets

    The James M. Keshishian Kashan

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    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...

    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





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    Tree of Life Kashan





    Old Isphahan Persian rug





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    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.

    Bakhtiyâri Stone Lions

    An old “Bakhtiyâri” cemetery with stone lions standing over the graves of the heroes, “Izeh”.

    Books & Articles

    Some Favorite Books On Persian Rugs:

    Edwards, A. Cecil. The Persian Carpet. London 1953.

    Eiland & Eiland's Oriental Rugs A Complete Guide

    Ford, P. R. J. Oriental Carpet Design. London: Thames and Hudson, 1981, paperback 1993.

    Hubel, Reinhard G. The Book of Carpets. 1964, Accokeek MD, Washington International Associates, 1971.

    Housego, Jenny. Tribal Rugs. New York, Interlink Books, 1991.

    MacDonald, Brain W. Tribal Rugs Treasures of The Black Tent. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors Club, 1997.

    Articles that you may be interested in:

    Notes on State Department Carpets

    Parviz Tanavoli Receives McMullan Award

    Parviz Tanavoli Lecture Washington DC

    Parviz Tanavoli Lecture More Pictures (2)

    Design Migration on the Silk Route:

    Guide to Bidjar Carpets

    "The Persian Carpet," Ittig, A.: A rug book survey. Oriental Rug Review Vol. IV, Pages. 269-272

    Shiraz, a Review of the John J. Collins, Jr. Gallery exhibition by Roger Gardiner, Oriental Rug Review Vol 8/1

    Bird Rugs of South Persia, by James Opie, Oriental Rug Review Vol. 8/1

    Rug Conference Celebrates Persian Carpets, by Bill Moore, The Textile Museum's 12th Rug Convention, Oriental Rug Review Vol. 8/3

    Grand Bazaar, Oriental Rug Review Vol. 8/3

    Wrinkles...The Unresolved Problems of Safavid and Qajar Textiles, by George O'Bannon. A Symposium at The Textile Museum, Oriental Rug Review Vol. 8, No.4, page 27

    Book Review, Oriental Carpets in The Philadelphia Museum of Art, by Charles Grant Ellis, Reviewed by Murray L. Eiland, Jr., Oriental Rug Review Vol. 8, No. 4, p. 45

    Woven From the Soul, Spun From the Heart, Exhibition Catalog Review, Reviewed by Michael Craig Hillmann, Oriental Rug Review Vol. 8, No.4, page 50

    Animal Figures in South Persian Rugs, Part I by James Opie, Oriental Rug Review Vol. 12/2

    Animal Figures in South Persian Rugs, Part II by James Opie, Oriental Rug Review Vol. 12/2

    Weavings of the Lurs and Bakhtiaris, by John T. Wertime, Oriental Rug Review Vol. 12/2

    Flatweaves of Kerman Province, by P. R. J. Ford, Oriental Rug Review Vol. 12/2

    Persian Jews in the Oriental Rug Business, an ICOC (Tehran 1992) paper by Bob Gibson, Oriental Rug Review Vol. 13/2

    Collins 7, An Exhibition Review, by Tom Baker, Oriental Rug Review XIII,/3

    Book Marks, Oriental Rug Review XIII/3

    "Some Salt Bags from Kerman Province," Wertime, John T., Oriental Rug Review XIII/6/17-22

    Beetle Bags Still Bug Me, by Wendel R. Swan, Oriental Rug Review Vol 14/6

    In Praise of Heriz Carpets, by Carl Strock, Oriental Rug Review Vol. 15/5

    The Landfill Heriz, by Ray Rosenberg, The un-holey experience of a carpet resurrected, Oriental Rug Review #124, Vol. 16/1

    The 4th International Conference on Persian Carpets: The Future of the Persian Carpet, review by Murray Lee Eiland III Oriental Rug Review #124, Vol. 16/1, October/November, 1995

    Development of the Iranian Carpet over the Last Twenty Years and Future Perspectives, by Fritz Langauer, Oriental Rug Review #124, Vol. 16/1

    The Pregnant Boteh, exhibition review by Murray L. Eiland, Jr, Oriental Rug Review #125, Vol. 16/2

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