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.
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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.
Ardabil Rugs: History, Designs and Identification
A source-led visual guide to Ardabil rugs, their varied regional design history, the famous Ardabil Carpet, careful identification, and practical buying checks.
Sonqor Rugs: Village Motifs, Symbolism and Identification
A visual, source-led guide to Sonqor rugs, the Sonqor and Koliai naming relationship, documented village motifs, symbolic interpretations, and careful identification.
Kerman Rugs: History, Designs and How to Read Them
Kerman or Kirman rugs span classical vase carpets, Qajar pictorial work, export production and regional weaving. Learn how to compare design, structure, condition and provenance without relying on one motif.
Hand-Knotted Rug Weaving Defects: Causes and Evaluation
An illustrated guide to separating harmless handmade variation from structural weaving defects, later damage and repair, informed by a field study of Kashan rug weaving.
Armenian-Woven Persian Rugs: History, Designs and Identity
An illustrated guide to Iranian Armani-baf rugs, how they differ from carpets woven in Armenia, and how migration, regional workshops and shared motifs shaped their identity.
Joshaghan Rugs: History, Designs and How to Identify Them
An illustrated, readable guide to Joshaghan rugs, from their Kashan-area history and debated Safavid attributions to later lozenge fields, motifs and practical identification.
Hamadan Rugs: Weaving Structure, Motifs and Regional Variations
Hamadan rugs form a diverse western Iranian weaving network. Learn how structure, regional labels, medallions, Mahi fields and careful visual comparison work together.