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CARPET - iderived from the verb preprẹ́či ‛to cover' and therefore originally meant *

PERSIAN KILS Hull, Alastair: Persian Kilims, Yassavoli Publications, Tehran, 1999. Edited, added and translated by Aleš Krhin “When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the...

1.INTRODUCTION Here you can read some basic information about the history and types of carpets, production methods, different styles, production areas, dyes... Under normal circumstances, carpets cannot be preserved fo...

One of the most famous Persian carpets with a central medallion is the Ardabil carpet. It was made during the first 20 years of the Safavid dynasty. (c. 1539) Its beautiful colors and the extraordinary fineness of the we...

Turkman carpet restoration Last month, we restored a beautiful Turkmen carpet, about a hundred years old, at the Farzad gallery and master workshop on Gornji trg in Ljubljana. The carpet, as its owner told u...

The Safavid dynasty, named after Sufi Muslims and originating from Ardabil in northwestern Iran, adopted Shia Islam, reunited the country, and encouraged the development of the arts. During their rule, Persian art experienced a veritable renaissance.

The essence of the Persian miniature is its illustration. It gave a visual image to the text, story or poetry, which made it more attractive, more interesting and easier to understand. The Persian miniature combined poetry and illustration into a kind of wonderful, unique combination, a reflection of human dreams, as someone wrote….