Persian and Iranian rugs refer to the same thing: pieces knotted in Iran, the country that gave the Oriental rug its great classics. This is by far the deepest part of our stock, and the one where the gap between two pieces is the widest: from a village wool rug to a pure silk Ghoum, it is neither the same object nor the same budget.

Persian or Iranian, what difference?

None. Persian refers to Persia, the name of the country until 1935; Iranian refers to today's Iran. In the trade, we have kept the habit of saying Persian for the rug and Iranian for the country. Our pieces are knotted in Iran and sold with their certificate of origin.

The great families of Iran

A Persian rug is first read by its family, that is, by the city or tribe that knotted it. The workshop cities give the finest pieces: Tabriz and its floral tradition, Kashan and its garnet red backgrounds, Ghoum in silk, Naïn and its silk outlines that make the flowers stand out, Nadjafabad which underlines each motif with a dark outline.

Iranian Kurdistan has its two schools: Senneh, of rare fineness on a cotton structure, and Bidjar, so dense that it is called the iron rug and that it is rolled instead of folded. Khorassan gives the Moud. Further west, Nahavand and Garadgeh work the stylized medallion on blue or red fields.

There remain the tribal rugs, which do not follow any cartoon: the Gashgaï of Fars, knotted on horizontal looms that are dismantled to move, and the Bakhtiar of the Zagros mountains, whose field is checkered in a Persian garden.

Wool or silk?

Wool represents the vast majority of our Iranian stock. It withstands daily traffic, develops a patina without wearing out and cleans easily: it is what is needed for a living room or dining room. Silk is in the minority and is reserved for a room with little foot traffic, a bedroom, an office, a reception area, or holds very well on the wall. A few pieces combine the two: wool carries, silk illuminates the outlines.

What size to choose

Our Iranian stock goes from the small entryway format to reception pieces more than seven meters long. The guideline we give in the store: the rug extends five centimeters in front of the sofa without sliding underneath, and the floor remains visible all around. A 200 x 150 covers most apartment living rooms; for a dining room where the chairs must remain on the rug once pushed back, count on 300 x 200 at minimum. See our large rugs and our hallway rugs.

Frequently asked questions

Why such a wide price gap between two Persian rugs?

The price follows the time spent at the loom. A village wool rug knotted wide is made in a few weeks; a very finely knotted silk Ghoum requires months, sometimes years for a single piece. To this are added the material and the age. Two rugs of the same size can therefore be found at two ends of our catalog.

How to know what family a rug comes from?

Each of our sheets carries its family, its origin and its certificate of origin. In the store, we read it by the design, the type of knot and the back of the piece: that is where the structure is best seen.

Each rug is a unique piece, sold with its certificate of origin. You can try it at home before deciding, and we remain there for maintenance and repair years after the purchase.