Antique Tehran Carpet

Beautiful oversized antique tehran carpet rug type country of origin.

Antique tehran carpet. Saturday to thursday. Antique persian rugs circa date. For over 50 years our passion has been to find the rare antique rug or carpet that connotes the true artist sometimes in those pieces that. Pahlavi was known for her extensive active interest in promoting and contributing to iran s arts and culture.

An antique tehran carpet woven with a silk foundation and large amount of silk highlights detailing the animals and flowers on a finely spun wool pile. Minuscule details are gorgeously presented throughout the tehran carpet to create a vivacious tapestry of floral elements and dancing petals. A rare near perfect condition antique tehran carpet with beautiful colours and an elegant floral design highlighted by silk. Whether called antique persian carpets or rugs silk persians heriz persians antique oriental or antique european carpets the most prized floor weavings in the world go by a variety of similar names.

The museum was designed by farah pahlavi who was the last queen of iran before leaving the country due to impending revolution. 09 30 to 13 30 16 30 to 21 30 fridays are closed. Woven by expert weavers the variety of pale blues and indigo deeper dyes are stunning. They tended to be made with classical persian designs of medallion and allover type and sometimes with pictorial motifs.

Most high quality tehran rugs pre date 1945. This carpet has beautiful animals in the design and is a remarkable fine weave. Antique tehran rugs are not only high quality they are also rare. Soheil shopping center north allameh tabatabaee saadat abaad tehran iran.

Opal trade center saadat abaad tehran iran. History of the tehran carpet museum of iran. Several borders frame around each other throughout the work sewn in earthy browns cool beiges rich taupes and delicate creams. Antique tehran rugs set the standard for quality and workmanship.

In the late 1800s the art of persian weaving experienced a revival of popularity and tehran became the locus for persian rug production. There are tehran prayer rugs as well.