Carpet Museum (Tehran, Iran)

Description: Address: Fatemi St and Kargar Ave / Tehran / Iran / Teheran's carpet museum was commissioned by the wife of the ex-Shah ... more

Carpet Museum (Tehran, Iran) ... and was opened in 1979 and exhibits a variety of Persian carpets.

Newest Review: ... to see the best of the best that Iranian craftsmen have made in the past few hundred years was enough to get my pulse racing and I wasn't disappointed; not one little bit. ~ The Importance of the Carpet Industry ~ Carpet making is also important to the Iranian economy and 10 million people are involved in one way or another in the carpet trade. That baffles my mind for a land with a ... more

... population of 66 million, but our guide told us the numbers and I have no reason to challenge the accuracy of his claim. Only the oil industry is bigger than carpet making and trading. ~ Our Visit ~ The Carpet Museum near Laleh Park was opened in 1...more

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Carpet Museum (Tehran, Iran): Indulging my Rug Fetish in Iran's Carpet Museum (1029 words)
by - written on 10/05/09 (Very useful, 166 readings)
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~ The Iranian Love Affair with Carpets ~ Iranians love carpets; I think it's in their blood. Stop any middle-class or wealthy Iranian in the street and he can tell you the going rate of a square meter of each popular type of carpet the way his counterpart in India or Dubai could tell you the price of an ounce of gold. And they invest in carpets the way other countries buy shares, gems or precious metals. In my own more modest and less wealthy way, I share their obsession if not their knowledge though I'm much more in the lower-priced flat-weave realm of rugs and kelims rather than the up-market knotted carpets. ~ Me and my rug fetish ... Read the complete review

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