Installation view, Garden Paradise: The Magnificent Safavid Carpet from the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) The Houston Museum of ...
One of Gabriel Hendifar's earliest design memories was of the floor cushions at his grandmother's house, which were made out of the remnants of Persian rugs. Jump forward a few decades, and Hendifar, ...
Despite its splendor, the fabric made of gold threads for the weft and silk threads for the warp is no longer in high demand, not even among billionaires. Iranian textile industry has a rich history ...
From contemporary art to fashion and even music, the symbolism of the famous Persian rug pervades in many of aspects of modern life beyond interior decoration, says Joobin Bekhrad. Poetry, wine, and ...
Commemorative ed., sponsored by the Iran-America Society on the occasion of the visit of His Imperial Majesty Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlave, Shahanshah of Iran, and the Empress Farah to the Textile ...
The event was attended by at least 15 Ambassadors, prominent business leaders from Iran, and cultural enthusiasts, fostering deeper connections between the two nations through the appreciation of ...
"A grant from the American council of learned societies has assisted the publication of this volume." siris_sil_184210 ...
In the first three months of the ongoing Iranian year that started on March 21, the exports of hand-woven carpets has touched US$ 90.8 million, according to Ali Malekjou, the Commercial Deputy for ...
A Persian carpet (Middle Persian: bōb, Persian: فرش farsh, meaning "to spread"; sometimes قالی qālī)[1] is a heavy textile, made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purpose, produced in ...
Cleveland Museum of Art acquires rare imperial Persian tent visitors can enter like royalty (photos)
The circular tent measures roughly 12 feet high and 13 feet in diameter, and is made of wool embroidered with silk, flowers, vines and exotic birds. When viewed from inside the tent, the embroidered ...
Established in 1925 by George Hewitt Myers, The Textile Museum is an international center for the exhibition, study, collection and preservation of the textile arts. The Museum explores the role that ...
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