Persian Carpets

Choose a Persian carpet

Among the oriental rugs, the best known are the Persian rugs. We have all seen at least one and we were surprised by their designs, the detail achieved and the exotic and vivid colors that they manage to show. They are real masterpieces, furnishing elements that change the face of the home room. Persian rugs are the best you can look for in terms of quality, sophistication and tradition. Some rugs of this type can cost very high figures precisely because of the rarity that distinguishes them and the number of knots with which they are produced. Being able to furnish your home with an oriental rug such as the Persian one, means giving your home a unique and refined style. The quality and tradition intrinsic to the carpet allow you to clearly set a status in your home furnishings. Having a Persian carpet in the home is a symbol of style and a status symbol. It is therefore important to choose carefully among the various types available and be sure to buy a certified carpet.

Persian rugs – History

Usually Persian rugs are in the collective imagination among the most beautiful oriental rugs, those with a charm, a high quality and a history superior to all the others. Surely it may be true but the Persian carpet with a history and a variety so wide that it can offer specific variations based on, for example, the production area or the type of knotting. They are certainly the rugs with the most complex and refined designs among the rugs on the market and are hand-knotted.

Most Persian rugs are also known as Iranian rugs and are for their handwork, the thickness and elaboration of the designs is an integral part of Iranian culture. Persia is the ancient Persian name of Iran. Here it can be said that there is one of the world’s major cultures in the art of carpet production. From generation to generation as a legacy, techniques are handed down to knot different types of rugs of all types and sizes.

Characteristics of the Persian carpet

The quality of a Persian carpet and its reputation are certainly justified by the fact that this type of carpet has very specific characteristics. The knotting first of all and its number. We said they are knotted carpets. They can be up to millions of thick knots per square meter. There are different types of knots that can vary according to the geography and culture of the ethnic groups that work the carpet. The main types of knot include symmetric knots, asymmetric knots, jufti knots and Tibetan knots.

The precious fabrics used and the colors make it a vivid picture. Everything stands out thanks to the dense knotting. The designs have thus become true works of art, vivid and crisp in a carpet that is defined on a par with an author’s painting.

Obviously, the mix of these elements can make a Persian carpet from commercial to more valuable but for sure it is a timeless carpet that will furnish the living room of your home or bedroom in a unique way.

Persian rugs – Drawings

In the symbolic heritage of the Oriental carpets, a large space is also reserved for the celebration of the plant world, through the frequent reproduction of the tree of life (left). it is easy to understand the importance of- this reason if we consider that many Asian peoples centuries and centuries ago led their nomadic existence wandering in arid and desert lands, where the presence of vegetation in the rare oases meant the possibility of finding the most precious water, indispensable element for survival. It is from this that the image that tightly links the tree to life itself arose, and each plant is conceived as an element capable of connecting the three main parts that make up the universe: the subsoil, dominated by magical forces, where insinuate the roots; the surface of the earth, kingdom of men, where the stem grows and develops; the sky, the place of the divine, towards which the hair reaches out. The idealization of a coveted lush nature subsequently passed to Islamic preaching, which not surprisingly conceived of paradise as a sort of lush Eden. This conception has a profound effect on the iconography of Persian rugs called garden, as they reproduce colorful flowers and green trees on which feathered solar birds often rest.

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