Luri Area Rugs
Origin of Luri Rugs Peter F. Stone. 2013. Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins. North Clarendon :Tuttle. The Luri, also called "Lor" or "Lur," are a large [...]
Kurdi Area Rugs
Origin of Kurdi Rugs Abraham Levi Moheban. 2015. The Encyclopedia of Antique Carpets: Twenty-Five Centuries of Weaving. NewYork: Princeton Architectural Press. Kurd tribes live across thousands of square miles in the [...]
Khorasan Persian Area Rugs
Origin of Khorasan Rugs Abraham Levi Moheban. 2015. The Encyclopedia of Antique Carpets: Twenty-Five Centuries of Weaving. NewYork: Princeton Architectural Press. Khorasan was an important historical province in Persia. Throughout the [...]
Shiraz Persian Area Rugs
Origin of Shiraz Rugs Shiraz is an ancient city in central Iran, which produces a very warm and comfortable series of handmade Persian rugs. Shiraz, Fars, [...]
Shahsavan Area Rugs
Origin of Shahsavan Rugs Shahsavan tibes occupy the Sava area of Northwestern Iran. They produce an exquisite rug that is often prized as art around the world. There are several groups [...]
Qashqai Persian Area Rugs
Origin of Qashqai Rugs The Qashqai are a group of nomadic tribes living in south central Iran between the Bakhtiari Mountains and the province of Kerman. Some of the sub tribes [...]
Koliai Persian Area Rugs
Origin of Koliai Rugs Koliais are tribal Persian rugs made by nomadic Kurdish people of western Iran. They are more than often characterized by the bright and lively colors that they [...]
Kermanshah Persian Area Rugs
Origin of Kermanshah Rugs Kurdish carpets are woven throughout western Iran, in and around the rugged mountainous region of Kurdistan. Kermanshah, Kermanshah, Iran | © Rugman [...]
Baluch Area Rugs
Origin of Baluch Rugs Balochi or Baluch Rugs are traditional tribal rugs that are made in the wider area of Baluchistan on the eastern borders of Iran and western Pakistan and [...]
Bakhtiari Area Rugs
Origin of Bakhtiari Rugs Bakhtiar or Bakhtiari rugs are perhaps one of the finest of the Persian tribal rugs. They are hand-woven by the semi-nomadic Bakhtiari tribes people residing in Central [...]
Afshar Area Rug
Origin of Afshar Rugs Afshars are tribal rugs that are handwoven by the nomadic Afshar peoples of southern Iran. Nomadic tribes in this area, which stretches from the great southern Fars [...]
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Shopping Smart takes preparation Smart rug shoppers know that Black Friday is the day to get the best deal on quality carpets. This day follows Thanksgiving Day and it’s the day to score some of [...]