Antique Tehran Carpet

Antique tehran rugs set the standard for quality and workmanship.

Antique tehran carpet.

Woven by expert weavers the variety of pale blues and indigo deeper dyes are stunning. An antique tehran carpet woven with a silk foundation and large amount of silk highlights detailing the animals and flowers on a finely spun wool pile. Antique tehran rugs are not only high quality they are also rare. Soheil shopping center north allameh tabatabaee saadat abaad tehran iran.

Opal trade center saadat abaad tehran iran. There are tehran prayer rugs as well. In the late 1800s the art of persian weaving experienced a revival of popularity and tehran became the locus for persian rug production. Whether called antique persian carpets or rugs silk persians heriz persians antique oriental or antique european carpets the most prized floor weavings in the world go by a variety of similar names.

This carpet has beautiful animals in the design and is a remarkable fine weave. Saturday to thursday. They tended to be made with classical persian designs of medallion and allover type and sometimes with pictorial motifs. Antique persian rugs circa date.

09 30 to 13 30 16 30 to 21 30 fridays are closed. Most high quality tehran rugs pre date 1945. Fine antique tehran rugs are one of the most highly respected of all persian rug styles by connoisseurs and collectors alike because of their incredibly fine craftsmanship and inventive use of exquisitely rendered primarily botanical and pictorial designs. A rare near perfect condition antique tehran carpet with beautiful colours and an elegant floral design highlighted by silk.

For over 50 years our passion has been to find the rare antique rug or carpet that connotes the true artist sometimes in those pieces that. Pahlavi was known for her extensive active interest in promoting and contributing to iran s arts and culture. Antique tehran rugs rugs began to be produced in tehran the modern persian capital in the late nineteenth century to early 20th century. History of the tehran carpet museum of iran.

Beautiful oversized antique tehran carpet rug type country of origin. The museum was designed by farah pahlavi who was the last queen of iran before leaving the country due to impending revolution.