Handmade rugs and carpets are considered one of the top Persian souvenirs to take home while paying a visit to Iran. In the 17th century, some seventy Dutch artists included representations of Persian ...

Standing next to piles of exquisitely hand-woven Persian rugs, Hossein Ghaseminia is confident his rugs, which cost as much as $50,000, can fend off cheaper Asian rivals and withstand threatened U ...

By bnm Tehran bureau Iran's handwoven carpet industry, once a cornerstone of the nation's cultural and economic identity, has ...

Intricately patterned Persian carpets are renowned the world over, with the Safavid period considered one of the high points of the art form. But because relatively fewer have survived, other ...

Nature - Metamaterial Persian carpetsThe properties of metamaterials lie in their structure rather than their chemical composition. One asset of these man-made materials is that they can be ...

Persian carpets can be divided into three groups; Qalii (sized anything greater than 6x4 feet), Qalicheh (meaning rug, sized 6x4 feet and smaller), and nomadic carpets known as Kilim, (including Zilu, ...

Knitting Persian-style carpets began in the area in the 1980s and soon became globally recognized for its aesthetic value, intricate patterns and durability. Sun Junke is one of the earliest carpet ...

Knitting Persian-style carpets began in the area in the 1980s and soon became globally recognized for its aesthetic value, intricate patterns and durability.