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	Art & Culture of Iran: A brief history of Persian Carpet and its patterns
		To trace the history of Persian carpet is to follow a path of cultural growth of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen.
		The Persian carpet reached its zenith during the reign of the Safavid Dynasty in the 16th century.
		Persian carpets are renowned for their richness of colour, variety of spectacular artistic patterns and quality of design.
	www.iranchamber.com /carpet/brief_history_persian_carpet.php (1091 words)

	Persian rug - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The earliest surviving corpus of Persian carpets come from the Safavid dynasty (1501-1736) in the 16th century.
		Many fine pieces of the Persian carpet are to be found in The Carpet Museum of Iran in Tehran.
		Typically, a traditional Persian carpet is tied with a single looping knot (Persian or Senneh Knot), meanwhile the traditional Anatolian carpet is tied with a double looping knot (Turkish or Ghiordes Knot).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Persian_carpet (1239 words)

	Carpet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On a knotted pile carpet (formally, a supplementary weft cut-loop pile carpet), the structural weft threads alternate with a supplementary weft that rises from the surface of the weave at a perpendicular angle.
		This form of carpeting, made as early as the 16th century, is constructed on a mechanized loom like velvet: the supplementary warps loop under the weft and are attached without forming a knot.
		Carpeting is an attached floor covering made of a heavy, thick fabric, usually woven or felted, often wool, but also cotton, hemp, straw, or a synthetic counterpart.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carpet (3316 words)

	PersianVillage - Newsletters
		The element of luxury with which the Persian carpet is associated today provides a marked contrast with its humble beginnings among the nomadic tribes that at one time wandered the great expanse of Persia in search of their livelihood.
		The earliest known Persian carpet was discovered by Russian Professor Rudenko in 1949 during excavations of burial mounds in the Altai Mountains in Siberia.
		Persian capert weaving become a rather erratic industry in many parts, although there is evidence of a large industry surviving in the Caspian coast in Gilan and Mazandaran in the eight and n inth centuries with a sizable export of prayer rugs.
	www.persianvillage.com /multinl/story.cfm?ID=91&NLID=12 (6120 words)

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		The classification of Persian carpets and their connection to one region depends on the form of designs, the kind of colour, wool and knots, the size, the thickness of the pile, the quantity of weft (pood), the number of knots and many other particulars, which only the connoisseurs are able to know and distinguish.
		Tribal carpets are small in size, woven in a very short period of 3 o 4 months and in the form of a rug and runner.
		Another huge carpet which is considered as the biggest carpet made to date in all the world is a touch-silk carpet which a total surface of 1240 (m.40x31) and 500 million knots.
	www.persiancarpetexport.com /Classification.asp (525 words)

	Birjand Rugs: Carpet Industry in Birjand,
		Although the history of carpet weaving is not documented in Birjand by historians, but because of its special geographical situation in the area and the influence of important native carpet producers who happened to be government officials too, by no means the history of carpet waving is less historic than other parts of Khorasan.
		Carpet Loom: the loom is vertical and moveable one and it is similar to the looms from Kerman region
		Carpet designing in Birjand region is unique since the margin of the carpet is as important as the text itself, something that can not be seen very often in other parts of the country.
	www.persiancarpetguide.com /Oriental_Rugs/Persian_Rugs/Birjand_Rugs/Persian_Carpet_Weaving_in_Birjand_Iran.htm (1685 words)

	Persian Carpets Showcase - MP Persian Rug Imports
		Oval Persian carpets like this pure silk Qum carpet are very rare due to the difficulty in weaving and are considered a novelty.
		This round Tabriz carpet features a silk foundation and a pictorial design in the center, which is very rare in Persian carpets and is designed to be placed in an open area.
		Due to the difficulty in making these type of twin carpets, most tend to be high quality Persian carpets and are designed to be placed in bedrooms and other areas where a matching set is welcomed.
	www.mprugs.com /persian_carpets.htm (741 words)

	The Persian Carpet Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A Persian Rug has a wide variety of designs and styles, and trying to organized them into a fix catogory is a very difficult task.
		To look at a Persian carpet is to gaze into a world of artistic magnificence nurtured for more then 2,500 years.
		The Iranians were among the first carpet weaver of the ancient civilizations and, through centuries of creativity and ingenuity building upon the talents of the past, achieved a unique degree of excellence......
	www.persia.org /Images/Persian_Carpet/carpet.html (112 words)

	Persian rug history
		A Persian rug has a wide variety designs and styles, and trying to organize them in to a category is a very difficult task.
		Persian carpets are traditionally known for their tremendous variety in design, colour, size, and weave.
		It is very likely that Persian nomads knew the use of the knotted carpet even before the time of Cyrus, but almost certainly a true craft did not exist and the function of the carpet was more practical than artistic.
	www.persian-carpet.info (2663 words)

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		A collection of all factors which constitute the carpet as a whole, including the design, coloration, the weaving style, measurement and the relationship between these factors in the field and in the border is called the carpet pattern.
		The pattern for the Persian carpet, either being prepared systematically or by rural and nomadic weavers of this country without any pre- arrangement, is a combination of Iranian art and industry, inspired by the beliefs, heartfelt feelings, traditions and rites customary in the living surroundings of the carpet designers and weavers.
		Objects are among common factors in the Persian carpet and are the same materials that can be found around the designer or weaver and are touched and used by them.
	www.fooladzadehcarpet.com /persiandesign-en.html (1255 words)

	Art of Iran > Traditional Arts> Persian Carpet
		The discovery of a Persian carpet in the village of Pazyrk in the Altai Mountains, in southern Siberia, shows that the art of pile-carpet weaving is probably as old as the Persian monarchy, for the Pazyrk treasures are said to date from the 5
		The best-known carpet, as it is also the most frequently copied, is that in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, made in 1539 by Maqsud Kashani for the shrine at Aradabil.
		Carpets made in the village of Raver north of Kirman were famous at the turn of the century for their consistent excellence.
	www.artofiran.org /t_carpet.htm (2418 words)

	Iransaga - Persian carpets, a brief history
		Carpets were probably first made by nomadic peoples to cover the earthen floor in their tents.
		The Arabs also conquered Ctesiphon in 637, and among the spoils brought back were said to be many carpets, one of which was the famous garden carpet, the "Spring time of Khosroe".
		Persian carpets are renowned for their richness of colour, variety of patterns and quality of design.
	www.art-arena.com /pcarpet.htm (907 words)

	Persian Carpet Repair \| Persian Carpet Restoration Persian Carpet Repairs
		Passion of Persia - Persian Carpet Repair by Master Antique Carpet Weavers.
		Our Persian carpet repair master weavers (educated in the repair of any fine carpet) are experts in the repair of all premium exotic carpets including Persian (Tabriz, Esfahan, Qom, Kashan, Kerman, Mashand, Shiraz, Nain, Heriz, and Bijar), Navajo, Chinese, Indian, Tibetan, needlepoint, oriental and antique carpets.
		Persian carpets can be repaired by many shops around the world, but only few can compare with the intricacy and strength of our work (lifetime warranty).
	www.passionofpersia.com /persiancarpetrepair.htm (217 words)

	persian carpet, old carpets, carpet, rug, unique carpet, naeen carpet
		The carpet is the finest and most exquisite form of expression and Iranian can find and the best specimens available today rank amongst the highest level of art ever attained by mankind.
		In fact, the roots of carpet making must be sought in nomadic life from which it found its way to the villages and cities.
		Carpets not only have everyday usage, but are also regarded as objects of art.
	www.naeencarpetmalaysia.com (504 words)

	Persian Carpet House - Persian Carpet Design
		Persian carpet can be divided so far as design is concerned into two main groups.
		All the carpets in this group are decorated with linear elements composed of vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines or formed by a repetition of the same motifs.
		Although stylized branches are a common motif in Persian carpet designs, the so called tree patterns are distinctive for their close resemblance to natural forms.
	www.iranyellowpages.net /PersianCarpetHouse/Design01.htm (907 words)

	The Persian Carpet Gallery
		The next great period in the history of Persian carpets came during the sassanian dynasty, from the third to the seventh century A.D. By the 6th century Persian carpets had won international prestige and were being exported to distant lands.
		When the Arabs defeated the Persians and took Ctesiphon, they carried off the carpet as part of their fabulous booty and it was eventually cut up into small fragments and divided among the victorious soldiers.
		The Iran Carpet Company and a school of design were established in Tehran to restore the integrity of Art and to study and build the great works of the 15th and 16th centuries.
	persia.org /Iran_Lib/Images/Persian_Carpet/carpet_history.html (2013 words)

	Persian Carpet House - History
		A Russian professor, Rudenko, discovered the earliest existing Persian carpet in 1949 during the excavations of burial mounds in the Altai Mountains in Siberia.
		After the fall of the Sassanian dynasty, from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, Persian carpet weaving became a rather spasmodic industry in many parts of the country.
		The Persian carpet reached its zenith during the reign of the Safavid dynasty in the 16
	www.iranyellowpages.net /PersianCarpetHouse/History.htm (608 words)

	Cleaning Persian Carpet Resource And Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The persian carpet studio is one of the largest showrooms dedicated to antique and contemporary oriental rugs and carpets in the uk, and our on.
		ON THE RED CARPET Veteran actor Morgan Freeman is accompanied by his granddaughter, E'Dena Hines, on the red carpet at the Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA.
		For his early carpets he advocated neutral colors in muted tones of brown, gray, and green, woven in costly materials such as silk, which gave the carpets the brilliant luster that is a hallmark of textiles made during this period.
	www.carpeting-options.info /cleaning-persian-carpet.html (1052 words)

	Persian Carpets - Persian Rugs - History
		Persian carpet exports began in the 16th century.
		Persian carpets and rugs have always been and still are an intrinsic part of Iranian culture and its people's daily lives.
		Persian carpets are traditionally known for their tremendous variety in design, color, size, and weave.
	www.farsinet.com /persianrug/history.html (402 words)

	^^^ PERSIAN CARPETS KINGDOM ^^^
		Nain carpets are popular for woolen rugs and some...
		Carpets from Kashan can be made from silk on silk, wool on...
		We Specialise in all kinds of luxurious hand-made Persian Carpets in all sizes.
	www.persiancarpetkingdom.com (154 words)

	PERSIAN CARPET persian rug Iranian carpets persian rugs
		Recently in the area of China Sean Yunk discovered carpet and rug from ancient grave about multi hundred years ago that design of it was the same as Iranian carpet and rug and other similarly the same as Egept Faraeneh carpets and rugs identify this handmade carpet and rug in the world.
		Baluchi carpets are dark and often dull in colour.
		Gabbeh is the kinds of carpet and alike of that between Ielat and Ashayer and villagers.
	www.eparsmart.com /persian-carpet.html (343 words)

	The Persian Carpet \| The Craftsman Home
		We need to be notified within 5 days of receipt of the carpet if you intend to return it.
		If a carpet on approval needs to be returned, and you paid by check, you will be refunded the purchase price less any shipping charges.
		Sometimes carpets are damaged in shipment or contain defects of manufacture.
	www.craftsmanhome.com /textiles/persian/index.html (273 words)

	PERSIAN Carpet Persian Rug Iranian Carpets Persian Rugs
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		To look at a Persian carpets and rugs is to gaze into a world of artistic magnificence nurtured for more than 2,500 years.
		The Iranians were among the first carpet and rug weavers of the ancient civilizations and, through centuries of creativity and ingenuity building upon the talents of the past, achieved a unique degree of excellence.
	www.rugbest.com (447 words)

	Carpet Persian
		The history of Persian Carpet-a culmination of artistic magnificence - dates back to 2,500 years ago.
		Pazyryk Carpet, 5th century B.C. Russian archaeologists Rudenko and Griaznov in 1949 discovered the oldest known "knotted" carpet in the Pazyryk valley, about 5000 feet up on the Altai Mountains in Siberia.
		Dating back to the fifth century B.C. The Pazyryk carpet is of rare beauty and woven with great technical skill.
	www.alihessami.com /academic/carpet/index.html (1113 words)

	Persian Carpet
		We introduce ourselves as a wholseller and exporters of carpets of various size and composition, We are in this field from last1 7 years and we have vast experience in this field, our main aim is customers satisfaction.
		Persian carpets or rugs (qom, tebrize, asfahan, nian, kashan.....
		Our Persian Carpet comply with International Quality Standards and their quality and durability are fully guranteed.
	www.openrussia.ru /catalogitems/3466/Persian-Carpet.htm (88 words)

	Persian Rugs \| Persian Carpet \| Oriental Rugs \| Oriental Rugs Wholesale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		While machine-made carpets are manufactured to machine-like tolerances, handmade rugs reflect the human element-the individual's own interpretation of color and design-which is the essence of their beauty and singularity.
		Perhaps you are drawn by the geometric abstracts of the Caucasian and Turkaman Tribal Rugs or muted palette of Aubusson and Needlepoint.
		Over the centuries, Persian carpets have become treasured heirlooms passed on from one generation to the next.
	www.shrugs.com /aboutantirug.cfm (527 words)

	IITS - LIL - Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Text is in Persian (including a glossary of over 240 Sistani carpet terms with defintions), with plate legends in both Persian and English.
		The introductory text (44 pages, in Persian) covers the patterns and their names historically and liguistically (among the author's credentials is a Ph.D. in archaic languages).
		Colour in Na'in carpet is a notion closely bound to the identity and culture of the desert — the colour of living, of the birth of life and livelihood to be felt and discovered under the crust of the desert.
	www.uni-koeln.de /phil-fak/indologie/lil/farhangan.html (666 words)

	Persian Carpet Art Centre - Choosing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A silk carpet of the same size, being much more difficult to work, would take ten years to produce and would require 80,000 kilometres of silk from some 80,000 silk worms.
		Uneven colouring in a carpet is caused either by some yarns taking the dye better than others, or by the weaver using yarns from batches dyed at different times.
		Known as Abrash, the colour differences are not detrimental to the value of the carpet, and very often are regarded as a sign of authenticity.
	www.persiancarpetartcentre.com.au /choosing.html (595 words)

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