Persian Rug - Bakhtiary Rug - 3.05 x 2.08 Rug - ATR602 classic

Persian Rug - Bakhtiary Rug - 3.05 x 2.08 Rug - ATR602 classicBakhtiar carpets are made of strong and sturdy wool. Because of this the carpets named after the nomads of the Bakhtiari tribe, who live in the Sagros mountains near the city of Isfahan are among the most robust of all Persian carpets. They are knotted from thick wool, which reduces their deterioration. It is not as fine and soft as the cork wool of other Persian carpets, but it has a clear advantage in its resistance to everyday stress. Bakhtiar

This is a magnificent central rosette pattern carpet

The rug has soft toning

It's made form wool and comes form the city of Tabriz

first quality wool

fewer carpets with central medallions as in the Isfahan carpets

There is in its design a depiction of a gateway into paradise and the overall theme is very much one of family unity against the backdrop of the immensity of the universe

with one central medallion and smaller

with its pear-shaped figure and extending arch of flowers and is said to symbolise the garden of paradise

This magnificent handmade hallway runner is from Isfahan  It is made on a silk foundation and is a central repeat patterns carpet

and Veramin

The older Sanandaj rugs are extremely valuable and durable

This is a magnificent pictorial rug that touches on a poem by Attar Neishaboury  "The people of this world are like the three butterflies in front of a candle's flame