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Carpets and Carpet Weaving in Iran by Dr. Sirus Parham is published by the Centre for the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia (Centre for Iranian and Islamic Studies).
Few people in the world have manifested over the centuries, their culture and art in the form of the interconnected and colorful knots of fabric so spectacularly: Iranian carpet is a representation of the spectacular glory of the Persian gardens. Other Iranian arts, such as painting and even calligraphy are displayed elegantly all over the world, in the form of the handmade carpets that decorate the museums and houses of art lovers.
Carpets and Carpet Weaving in Iran is compiled in six chapters:
Chapter One: Types of Handmade Carpets
The word “Qāli”
Structure and style of knitting
Kilim zilou
Chapter Two: Historical Introduction and Carpet Weaving in Pre-Islamic Iran
History of carpet weaving
Pre-Achaemenid carpet fragments
Pazyryk carpet
Sassanid carpet
Nonwoven documents and samples
Written documents
Baharestan carpet
Kilim weaving
Zilou weaving
Chapter Three: Carpet Weaving after Islam until the 9th Century AH
The first Islamic centuries
The Islamic middle ages
Carpet in miniature
Written documents of carpet weaving in the first and middle centuries
Chapter Four: The Golden Age of Carpet Weaving
Ardabil carpets
Salting carpets
The commencement and the centres of prosperity
The thirteen-pieces collection of Shah Abbas II tomb
Promoting the global position of Iranian carpet
Chapter Five: From the Afsharid Period to the Present Era
Qajar era
International exhibitions
Multinational companies
Ink colors
Pahlavi period
Islamic Republic era
Chapter Six: Carpets and Other Nomadic Handicrafts
Nomadic carpet weaving features
Types of nomadic handicrafts
Javāl
Khorjin, Khorjineh, Khorjinak
Gabbeh
Jājim
Appendix: Sassanid carpet fragments in the Kuwait National Museum
The first edition of Carpets and Carpet Weaving in Iran is published in octavo and 216 pages by the Centre for the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia press.
For more information, please contact the CGIE press store: 00982122297677 and 00989127362684.
Title: Carpets and Carpet Weaving in Iran
Author: Dr. Sirus Parham
Publisher: The Centre for the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia (Centre for Iranian and Islamic Studies)
Number: 500 copies
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