Iran Esfahan Persian rugs2

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The Persian Rug is an iconic piece of the Persian era and yet much isn’t known upon the textile piece. The rug itself became infamous due to its unique motifs between each carpet and its creation technique. As a whole the Persian rug dates back to Achaemenid Empire around 500 B.C.E (appox. 2,500 years ago) - the earliest evidence knotted carpets being found in Altai and in the Tarim basin yet being small fragments are impossible to reconstruct into its design. The breakthrough however was through the Pazyryk Carpet (in Altai Mountains in Siberia) dating to the 4th/5th century B.C.E.

By the sixth century, Persian carpets of wool or silk were renowned in court circles throughout the region. The Bahârestân (spring) carpet of Khosrow I was made for the main audience hall of the Sassanid imperial Palace at Ctesiphon in the Sassanid province of Khvârvarân (in present-day Iraq). It was 450 feet (140 m) long and 90 feet (27 m) wide and depicted a formal garden. With the occupation of the Sassanid capital, Tuspawn, in the 7th century CE, the Baharestan carpet was taken by the Arabs, cut into small fragments and divided among the victorious soldiers as booty

Historical records show that the Achaemenian court of Cyrus the Great at Pasargade was decked with magnificent carpets. This was over 2,500 years ago, while Persia was still in a weak alliance with Alexander the Great, who would later betray her. Alexander II of Macedonia is said to have been dazzled by the carpets in the tomb area of Cyrus the Great at Pasargade

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