Their beauty and quality have long been recognised worldwide, yet sales have collapsed over the past 30 years. "In 1994 the value of Iranian carpets sold abroad reached $1.7 billion and ...

TEHRAN—Malayer in Hamedan province, has been the cradle of Iranian art and creativity in carpet weaving since the olden times ...

Rug exports, which exceeded $2 billion two decades ago, have plummeted to less than $50 million in the last year in the Persian calendar that ended in March, according to government customs figures.

The Lays say it was the 1979 Iranian revolution in Tehran, Iran that led to changing the name from Persian carpets to Oriental rugs. After that revolution, India, Afghanistan, China and Pakistan ...

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There are also Persian rugs on display that I grew up looking at as a child in our home, that have inspired my work today. We always had Persian rugs in our home.

While Persian rug making has existed in Iran for millennia, the art became what it’s known for today during the Safavid Dynasty in the 16 th century, whose capital was Isfahan.

Iran announced Monday that weavers in the southern province of Fars had produced the world's largest kilim rug, measuring an enormous 105 square metres (more than 1,100 square feet).The 7x15-metre ...