An Isfahan rug - one of the finest made persian rugs in the world

An Isfahan rug is handknotted with wool/silk on a cotton foundation. It's main colour is Sea Green with a Burgundy border. The trademark design of an Isfahan rug is the sinuous curvilinear pattern. Patterns include pictorial and tree-of-life schemes, as well as the Shah Abbas field with its floral vines.

An Isfahan rug is considered "Master Workshop Rugs". This term is used to describe rug producing workshops that produce consistently outstanding rugs under the direction of a master weaver. These workshops produce Isfahan rug designs that are very elaborate. The knotting on these rugs should be fine and even throughout. The patterns should be symmetrical. The master weaver will plan a Isfahan rug design before any work is begun.

Isfahan rug History

Isfahan is the old capital of Persia, present day Iran. The carpets produced there during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are considered to be the finest ever made.

Europeans began commissioning carpets here around the seventeenth century.