Golpayegan Persian Area Rugs
Origin of Golpayegan Rugs Golpayegan literally means “fortress of flowers” and is a small regional market center located in Isfahan province. Golpayegan, Isfahan, Iran | © [...]
Ghoochan Persian Area Rugs
Origin of Ghoochan Rugs Ghoochan is a small town in Northeast Iran, in Razavi Khorasan province. The town itself is located just nourthwest of Mashad. As a result, all of the rugs [...]
Gholtogh Persian Area Rugs
Origin of Gholtogh Rugs Gholtogh rugs are hand-woven Persian tribal carpets made in the Kurdish nomadic districts of Northwestern Iran in Zanjan province. Gholtogh, Zanjan, Iran | © Rugman [...]
Karajeh Persian Area Rugs
Origin of Karajeh Rugs The Karajehs or Karadjehs are hand-woven Persian rugs made by Turkish nomads living in the mountains and valleys between Tabriz and the Caspian Sea, in Northwestern Iran. [...]
Ferdos Persian Area Rugs
Origin of Ferdos Rugs Ferdos is a small town in Northeast Iran's South Khorassan province, to the northeast of the holy city of Mashad. Ferdos produces a fair amount of handmade [...]
Enjilas Persian Area Rugs
Origin of Enjilas Rugs Enjilas (Ingeles, Endjilas, Injilas, Indjelas) rugs are a type of Persian rug that woven in the southern region of Hamedan province. Hamedan is a city situated in [...]
Elam Persian area Rugs
Origin of Elam Rugs Elam rugs originate from Elam or Ilam, one of the oldest cities in the world and historically very important in ancient Samaria. Semi-nomadic tribes around the Kurdistan [...]
Daghestan Russian Area Rugs
Origin of Daghestan Rugs The Caucasian Daghestan antique rugs and carpets were produced in the Eastern part of the Caucasus. This is why they were closely related to Shirvan and Kuba rugs, which [...]
Borujerd Persian Area Rugs
Origin of Borujerd Rugs Borujerd is a district in western Iran in the province of Lorestan. Lorestan is where the famous Lori tribal rugs are woven. Boroujerd rugs however, bear a [...]
Borchelu Persian Area Rugs
Origin of Borchelu Rugs Borchelu or Borchaloo rugs are hand-woven Persian tribal carpets made in a Kurdish nomadic district of Northwestern Iran called Borchelu. The bright colors and nature elements are typical [...]
Bokhara Uzbek Area Rugs
Origin of Bokhara Rugs It is said that Bokhara was originally called Tekke bokharas after the rugs became so highly loved throughout empires. The rug eventually took on the name of the [...]
Birjand Persian Area Rugs
Origin of Birjand Rugs Birjand is a small town in north eastern Iran's South Khorassan province. Birjand, Khorasan, Iran | © Rugman History of [...]