The Persian Carpet

At first persian nomads used to hand weave carpets with wool from their sheep and natural silk.

The persian carpet.

Although the term persian carpet most often refers to pile woven textiles flat woven carpets and rugs like kilim soumak and embroidered tissues like suzani are part of the rich and manifold tradition of persian carpet weaving. At our showroom you ll find an extensive inventory of over 7 000 carpets that is unmatched in the durham area and throughout north carolina. Free shipping for many products. Yes it is true that the persian carpet has a large inventory of antique persian and caucasian rugs and has traditionally dealt in antique pieces.

Cecil edwards was the buyer for oriental carpet manufacturers manufacturing and exporting oriental carpets both turkish and persian to the west. They made dyes from vegetables. With patterns and motifs incorporated into the weaving these carpets became the finest form of art. Over the years he travelled in iran and russia for business finally settling in the uk.

The city of kashan is world renowned for its fine quality wool rugs as well as its famed mohtasham carpets woven in the 19th. Traditional persian carpets are exceptionally prominent. The persian carpet is the finest source of handmade oriental rugs in the triangle area and beyond. But we have also cultivated an interest in more niche markets such as nichols art deco rugs southwestern navajo and arts crafts designs.

He died in 1953 the same year his classic book the persian carpet was originally published by duckworth press. It is no surprise and unquestionably no mystery that this demand exists because of their extraordinary quality. The customary hand knotting common hues and fine woolen yarns are attributes of the persian floor coverings which have been produced in persia for quite a long time. Our family traces its roots to kashan iran one of the major textile and rug weaving enters in iran.

Some might say that we came upon our trade naturallyothers might say we have been called on the carpet all our lives. Cecil edwards was the buyer for oriental carpet manufacturers manufacturing and exporting oriental carpets both turkish and persian to the west. Over the years he traveled in iran and russia for business finally settling in the uk.