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• Bidjar, Fine Persian Rugs from Kurdish, Iran

  Fine Persian Rugs from Kurdish, Iran The Bijar or Bidjar rug is made in the Kurdish area of North-west Iran, and are known for their style and also for their weight, which makes them almost unique among the rugs traditionally known as Persian carpets. Bijar rugs have been woven by the Kurdish tribe’s people for many hundreds of years, although the Afshar tribes in Southern Iran have recently begun to make a much finer and more stylised version of this rug. Many Western collectors are familiar with this style of … Continue reading →

• Why buy a hand-knotted carpet and not a machine made copy?

  Of course, a high-end European machine made rug is serviceable, but it can never replace the soul, vibrancy, imperfections, colour and the history woven into a good Persian rug. When I was a child I used to go and stay over the summer with my grandparents in the city of Qum. My grandfather was a Rang-raz (silk dyer) and he use take me to his workshop almost every morning. I remember seeing dry vegetable matter such as onion skin, walnut skin, pomegranate skin and dry root of madder, and indigo … Continue reading →

• Bijar, Fine Rugs from Kurdish Iran

  The Bijar (or Bidjar) rug is made in the Kurdish area of North-west Iran, and are known for their style and also for their weight, which makes them almost unique among the rugs traditionally known as Persian carpets. Bijar rugs have been woven by the Kurdish tribes people for many hundreds of years, although the Afshar tribes in Southern Iran have recently begun to make a much finer and more stylised version of this rug. Many Western collectors are familiar with this style of rug, both in the traditional forms … Continue reading →