Persian Carpet
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Photo: Ali Hamed Haghdoust
Carpet restoration and resurfacing
Combing, resurfacing and restoration are among main jobs carried out on handwoven carpets before and after the weaving process. Masters of the profession are mostly based in Mirza Shafi and Sadeghieh passages of the Grand Bazar of the city of Tabriz in northwestern Iran. They normally correct the flaws that exist in carpets before they are sent for resurfacing.
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The oldest Persian rug
Tehran, IRNA – There is a host of historical Persian rugs on display in museums all across the world, but the oldest of the kind dating back to 2,500 years ago is kept in State Hermitage Museum in the Russian Federation.
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Over $2 million of Kerman Province carpet exports
Kerman, May 30, IRNA - The head of Industry, Mine, and Trade Organization in Kerman Province said that over 2 million dollars of hand-woven carpets exported from this province to other countries.
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Persian carpet illustrating joyful Iranian garden
Isfahan, May 2, IRNA – Persian carpet is a symbol of Iranian garden, which has pools, streams, trees, flowers and walls that surround the garden.
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Iran secures 7.9% share in global handwoven carpet exports
Tehran, March 31, IRNA – Global handwoven carpet exports amounted to 1 billion dollars in 2019, according to figures that show Iran could secure a 7.9-percent share in the market.
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Production of handwoven carpet rises 34%
Tehran, March 29, IRNA – Head of Iran’s Nation Carpet Center Farahnaz Rafe’ said on Monday that handwoven production saw 34-percent increase in the first 10 months of last Persian year (March 20, 2020-January 21, 2021).