Oriental
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Here
in the US so many of the new Iranian carpets are not very
exciting. So I was amazed when I got to Iran and found
that the best of Iranian carpets are the equal of the
best ever made. Among the best of the best are the
carpets of F. Haghighi. I had a chance to visit with
Master Faizullah Haghighi and see their carpets.
Just how good are Haghighi carpets? I have looked at a
number of rugs and carpets over the years and I see the
Haghighi carpets as the equal of the best ever made.
The famous Shiraz Vakil Mosque Isfahan
rug by Haghighi
Here we see the famous Shiraz Vakil
Mosque rug by Haghighi. The rug is 1200 knots in width
and 800 rows in length for a total of 960,000 knots in
the entire rug. The photo-realistic design is
accomplished with about 70 colors. The construction uses
an asymmetric open right knot with wool pile on silk warp
and wefts.
A photo of the Vakil
Mosque,(AD.1773),Shiraz,
Compare the photo from the Iran Chamber of Commerce
with the Haghighi
rug above.
The finest
Haghighi Carpet at the Kish Festival
A Tile Pattern
Islimi Carpet
Parham Sayahi (in the blue shirt) was kind to
translate between Faizullah Haghighi and myself.
Left to right Parviz
Alami, myself (Barry O'Connell) and Faizullah
Haghighi
Left to right; myself (Barry
O'Connell), Faizullah Haghighi, Parham Sayahi and another
of the Haghighi family.
Left to right; myself Dr. Saedi of Carpet World,
myself (Barry O'Connell), and Faizullah Haghighi.
Left to right; myself myself (Barry
O'Connell), Faizullah Haghighi, and Dr. Saedi of Carpet
World.
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Tehran: 14:49 , 2006/12/20
Peerless framed rug donated to Mashhad Museum
TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) – Feizollah
Safdarzadeh-Haqiqi, a prominent artist from Isfahan,
donated an exquisite framed rug to the Astan-e Qods
Razavi Museum in the holy city of Mashhad, the capital of
Khorassan Razavi Province in northern Iran.
Depicting Isfahan’s Chehel Sotun Palace, the
136x103cm artwork is made of silk and wool with 250 fix
herbal colors, said the designer-cum-weaver.
He previously donated carpet tableaus depicting Imam Reza
(AS) Shrine and the Vakil Mosque in Shiraz while his
brother, Yadollah, have presented fine carpet tableaus
entitled “Seven Cities of Love”,
“Medina”, “Ka’ba”,
“Paradise”, “Garden of Corals”, and
“World of Fish” to the museum.
Framed rug is a special handmade Persian type in a small
size but extremely delicate. In some cases, the number of
knots (raj) in these products reaches 110 per 7.5cm.
Most of these rugs used for ornament of luxury hotels,
houses, offices, etc.
Their designs range from portraits and landscapes to
logos, flags, and so on.
Astane-e Qods Razavi Museum is a treasure trove of
Iranian rare carpets date back to different eras ranging
from Safavid dynasty to the present time.
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