Persian Rugs: Guide to Isfahan Rugs
and Carpets
Today as I write this Isfahan has
achieved the highest achievement in Oriental Rugs of any
city at any time in human history. The achievement
between artistic excellence and technical acheivement is
unparrelled. Shah Abbas
himself never walked upon rugs the equal of the best of
Isfahan Rugs. Haghighi, Seirafian, Dardashti, and
others have pushed the art form even further than was
ever possble before.
Hekmatnajad Signature
Master Designers of
Isfahan
To attain the highest level of Art a
carpet must have a great designer All too often the
designer is forgotten when the carpet leaves the
workshop. This is my attempt to try to track down some of
the great Master Designers of Esfahan.
The Late Master Allameh
Master Ahmad Archang
Master Isa Bahaduri
Master Faizullah Haghighi
Master Javad Rostam Shirazi
The Late Sadegh Seirafian
Isfahan Rugs: The
Dr. Pat Doran Dardashti Rug
Ahmad Dadkhah, Born
1947
The late Master Haj Mosaverolmoki
Master Javad Rostam
Isfahan
Rugs: Older Zolfagari Isphahan Carpet
Isfahan
Rugs: Older Zolfagari Isphahan JBOC369
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Chehel Soton Palace Isfahan
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Isfahan Rugs:
Seirafian Isfahan Rug Mid 20th c. Lot 102
Isfahan Rugs: Sadegh Seirafian
Flowers & Buterflies Isfahan Rug
Isfahan Rugs: Signed Hekmatnajad
Isfahan Rug Dubai 2005
Isfahan Rugs: Sadegh Seirafian
Charkh-e-Gardoon Isfahan Rug
Isfahan Rugs: F. Haghighi Archang
Isfahan rug
Isfahan Rugs: Master Haj Agha
Reza Seirafian Isfahan carpet Circa 1955 Lot 154
Isfahan Rugs: Sadegh Seirafian
Red Field Eslimi Isfahan Rug
Isfahan Rugs: Mosavar ol Molk's
Two Japanese Women
Isfahan Rugs: The OldCarpet.com
Mohammed Seirafian Rug
Isfahan Rugs:
Guide to Seirafian of Isfahan
Isfahan Rugs: A very fine Isfahan
Carpet lot 57
Isfahan Rugs: Sadegh Seirafian
Arjan Isfahan Rug
Isfahan Rug: Sadegh Seirafian Red
Field Eslimi Isfahan Rug
Isfahan Rugs: An early Mehdi
Seirafian Isfahan Rug c. 1980
Isfahan Rugs: Notes on Mohammad
Seirafian
Isfahan
Rugs: Signed Seirafian Isfahan Carpet Christie's Apr 06
Lot 32
Isfahan Rugs: Sadegh Seirafian
Red Field Eslimi Isfahan Rug
Isfahan Rugs: Mosavar ol Molk's
Draft Sketch 2 villagers and a Sheep
Isfahan Rugs: Mosavar ol Molk's
Draft Sketch 3 villagers
Isfahan Rugs: Isfahan Carpet lot
109 mid -20th century
Isfahan Rugs: Sadegh Seirafian
Charkh-e-Gardoon Isfahan Rug
Isfahan Rugs: Guide to
Seirafian of Isfahan
Isfahan Rugs: Notes on the Late
Master Haj Mosavar ol Molk
Isfahan Rugs: Isfahan Rug 17th
century lot 68 Wool and Metal Thread
Isfahan Rugs: The
Seirafian Hunting Rug
Isfahan
Rugs: The Kolahdouzan Sadegh Seirafian Rug
Isfahan
Rugs: The Hassan Seirafian Pictorial Rug
Isfahan Rugs: F. Haghighi Archang
Isfahan rug
Isfahan Rugs: Signed
"Esfahan Hossien Seirafian" Isfahan Rug 1960
lot 7155
Isfahan Rugs: Seirafian Isfahan
Rug c. 1950(?) Lot 204
Isfahan
Rugs: The Sadegh Seirafian medallion Rug
Isfahan Rugs: Guide to
Seirafian of Isfahan
Isfahan Rugs:
Attribution Guide to Seirafian Rug Signatures
Isfahan Rugs: Sadegh Seirafian
Gonbad-e-mina Isfahan Rug
Isfahan Rugs: Muhammad Ali
Seirafian Isfahan Carpet c. 1920(?) Lot 236
Isfahan Rugs: Sadegh Seirafian
King Hunting Isfahan Rug
For slightly more than half of
the Safavid Dynasty Isfahan was an important
production center. Shah Abbas moved
the Armenians of Naxcivan (Julfa) in the Caucasus
to the Isfahan area. Almost immediately this
spawned a large weaving trade in New Julfa. Shah
Abbas encouraged the trade for a number of
reasons. Abbas's primary motivation was trade.
The Armenians were able to travel through or
around the Ottoman Turkish lands. Armenians took
a wide range of goods including carpets from New
Julfa and silk that Abbas had taken in taxes.
There was also a lively trade in goods from
India. These goods were traded to the Europeans
for Spanish silver from the Americas
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Isfahan
Rug 17th century lot 68 Wool and Metal Thread
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Fresco from the
Chehel Soton Palace Isfahan
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Music hall of Ali Qapoo
Palace in Isfahan Photo by CHN
Oljaytoalter in Isfahan Jame Mosque
Before Seirafian Shoreshie was the top
workshop of Isfahan Rahim Soltani 1/21/06
Mr. Soltani came to New York from Iran in 1963. He was
buying great Persian carpets for return to Iran. Many of
those rugs were for Queen Farah ? and are now in the
National Carpet Museum in Teheran.
Haghighi rug 1500 kpsi.
Better range of designs with less repeets.
The Rezavie workshop is closed.
Shanpour Best weaver worked for Seirafian 50 years ago
Oriental Rugs the O'Connell
Notes
Copyright Barry
O'Connell 2004 - 2007
Last revised: March 15, 2008.
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