Provenance

Where every design belongs

Every classic Persian design belongs to a tradition: a city or a group of weavers with its own knot, its own palette and its favourite patterns. Choose a place to see what makes its designs recognisable, and the pieces in the collection that carry them.

Map of the greater Persian world with Iran at the centre, showing the design traditions in the collection Caspian SeaPersian GulfGulf of OmanArabian SeaIRANAfghanistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanTajikistanPakistanIndiaIraqTurkeySaudi ArabiaOmanAzerbaijanKazakhstanGeorgia

In the collection

Typical of it:

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Masters

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The wider Persian world

Further afield

Place names describe a rug's design tradition, following the long-standing convention of the rug trade.