Qashqai Storage Bags: What a Khorjin Can Teach Us
A real Qashqai khorjin, seen from both sides, reveals how storage weavings balance pattern, weight, pockets and closure.
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Persian Garden Carpets of Kurdistan
Two historic Kurdistan carpets show how water channels, crossing pools and planted compartments could turn a garden into a woven landscape.
The Colour Before the Rug: Qashqai Wool Dyeing in Oral History
From washing and spinning wool to choosing and combining dyes, oral histories from Fars reveal several routes to Qashqai rug colour. Learn what a finished rug can, and cannot, tell...
Bakhtiari Kheshti Rugs: One Grid, Many Designs
A study of seven weaving areas shows how Bakhtiari garden-panel rugs vary within a shared grid. Compare real carpets and learn what their motifs can and cannot tell us.
Bakhshayesh Rugs Beyond the Heriz Label
Explore the changing designs of Bakhshayesh rugs, from varied nineteenth-century layouts to Esmat, Laleh and Tajeri patterns, through original visual examples.
Vist Rugs: A Village Design Woven from Memory
A closer look at Vist, Viss and Wiss rugs: their stepped design, local motif names, floral and animal details, borders and colour, grounded in a study of 100 older rugs.
Solomon in a Safavid Niche Rug: Words, Light and Kingship
A Safavid niche rug uses Solomon's name, Qur'anic inscriptions, colour and floral forms to bring spiritual and royal meanings into one composition.
Tabriz Mihrab Rugs: Arches, Lamps and Woven Architecture
Five museum examples show how Tabriz weavers transformed the mihrab into open red fields, scalloped arches, hanging lamps and richly inscribed compositions.
Persian Hunting Carpets: The Art of the Chase
Mounted archers, fighting animals and flowering fields reveal how Persian artists turned the hunt into a patterned world, then reimagined it centuries later.
Kurdish Rugs of Khorasan: A Tradition in Many Designs
Medallions, patterned panels and all-over repeats reveal the variety of Kurdish rugs in northeastern Iran. A visual journey through documented village examples and their connections with Kurdistan.
Tree Motifs in Persian Prayer Rugs: Meaning and Design
A visual, source-led guide to tree motifs in Persian prayer rugs, including mihrab structure, cypress and garden imagery, regional examples, and careful interpretation.
Sanguszko Carpets: Safavid Stories Woven in Wool
Lovers, hunters and mythical creatures share the world of Sanguszko carpets. An illustrated look at Safavid storytelling and its later Qajar reinterpretation.