For many centuries Iran has been famous for an art that is uniquely developed and celebrated among its people. This beautiful art is not just the making of carpets but also the intertwining of the Iranian soul, love, traditions, and feelings in every knot that is tied on their rugs. Affirming the uniqueness of Persian rugs, a carpet master spontaneously and passionately said, “If you want to say something beautiful, just throw your words between the flowers of your rug and let the carpet talk…”
The association of the words Persian and carpet is deep-rooted with a history as long as that of Persia itself. While for many the Persian of ancient times is a remote footnote in classical history, the carpets made then and mentioned in glowing terms by Greeks such as Herodotus are still very much in evidence, as is the high esteem in which they are still held.
There are not many items that are many items that are part of the image of a 21st-century home that is made exactly the same way today as they were 2,500 years ago. That handmade carpets are still a relevant part of our daily lives is remarkable, as is the fact that the people who wove carpets in Iran three millennia ago would recognize today’s carpets from Iran as identical; the techniques, the materials, and the colors are the same.