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.
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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
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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
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Sio Se Pol Isfahan
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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:
October 07, 2009.
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