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Friday, October 30, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Oldest rug
The Pazyryk Carpet
A hand-woven carpet was found in the Pazyryk valley in a tumulus dating back to the fifth century BC. This unique piece of art was partly damaged by age and oxidation, but it was preserved in a thick sheet of ice -- which had protected it for twenty-five centuries. Late in 1929, a Russian ethnographic mission led by Rudenko and Griaznov began the excavation of five tumuli dating from the Scllhian period. The tumuli had been discovered in the Pazyryk valley, in the Altai mountains, 5400 feet above sea level, and some six miles from the border of Outer Mongolia. In 1949 during the excavation of the fifth tumulus, a magnificent carpet came to light which today represents the most important piece of evidence in the history of Oriental Carpets. This is the only rug from the Achaemenid period known and preserved up to the present day. Although it was found in a Scjythian burial-mound, most experts attribute it to Persia. Its design is in the same style as the sculptures of Perspolis, The outer of the two principal border bands is decorated with a line of horsemen: seven on each side, twenty-eight in number -- a figure which corresponds to the number of males who carried the throne of Xerxes to Perspolis). Some are mounted, while others walk beside their horses. In the inner principal band there is a line of six elks on each side. The two external guards are decorated, with a succession of small squares containing imaginary creatures, probably griffins. The original colours used for this carpet are not known as they have almost faded away. The Pazyryk carpet is of rare beauty and was woven with great technical skill. The Pazyryk carpet compares favourably with that of the best, work from modern sources. There are about 49 knots per square cm in this carpet and it measures 2.00 cm X 1.83 cm .
The discovery of the Pazyryk carpet leads us therefore, to the belief that in a much more remote epoch than the sixteenth-century Imperial period, carpet-making had gone through an earlier, brilliant phase, in which a very high level of technique and decorative values had been reached.
Unfortunately between this rug and the next discovered carpet there is big gap in time. This does not mean that the production had stopped but rather vanished by nature or destroyed by invasions.
The epicenter of the craft of carpet-making is traditionally Persia and the history of the craft is linked to the history of Persia, sharing its development and fortunes. The other centres of carpet-craft of, whose existence we have concrete proof from the Middle Ages onwards were manifestations of the work of isolated artists, though directly linked to the history of Persian rulers. The first group includes the ancient Caucasian carpets like the so-called Armenian ones and to the second group belong carpets of the Turkish court period, coming from the workshops of Konya, the capital of the Seljuks, a dynasty which ruled Persia for a very long time.
A hand-woven carpet was found in the Pazyryk valley in a tumulus dating back to the fifth century BC. This unique piece of art was partly damaged by age and oxidation, but it was preserved in a thick sheet of ice -- which had protected it for twenty-five centuries. Late in 1929, a Russian ethnographic mission led by Rudenko and Griaznov began the excavation of five tumuli dating from the Scllhian period. The tumuli had been discovered in the Pazyryk valley, in the Altai mountains, 5400 feet above sea level, and some six miles from the border of Outer Mongolia. In 1949 during the excavation of the fifth tumulus, a magnificent carpet came to light which today represents the most important piece of evidence in the history of Oriental Carpets. This is the only rug from the Achaemenid period known and preserved up to the present day. Although it was found in a Scjythian burial-mound, most experts attribute it to Persia. Its design is in the same style as the sculptures of Perspolis, The outer of the two principal border bands is decorated with a line of horsemen: seven on each side, twenty-eight in number -- a figure which corresponds to the number of males who carried the throne of Xerxes to Perspolis). Some are mounted, while others walk beside their horses. In the inner principal band there is a line of six elks on each side. The two external guards are decorated, with a succession of small squares containing imaginary creatures, probably griffins. The original colours used for this carpet are not known as they have almost faded away. The Pazyryk carpet is of rare beauty and was woven with great technical skill. The Pazyryk carpet compares favourably with that of the best, work from modern sources. There are about 49 knots per square cm in this carpet and it measures 2.00 cm X 1.83 cm .
The discovery of the Pazyryk carpet leads us therefore, to the belief that in a much more remote epoch than the sixteenth-century Imperial period, carpet-making had gone through an earlier, brilliant phase, in which a very high level of technique and decorative values had been reached.
Unfortunately between this rug and the next discovered carpet there is big gap in time. This does not mean that the production had stopped but rather vanished by nature or destroyed by invasions.
The epicenter of the craft of carpet-making is traditionally Persia and the history of the craft is linked to the history of Persia, sharing its development and fortunes. The other centres of carpet-craft of, whose existence we have concrete proof from the Middle Ages onwards were manifestations of the work of isolated artists, though directly linked to the history of Persian rulers. The first group includes the ancient Caucasian carpets like the so-called Armenian ones and to the second group belong carpets of the Turkish court period, coming from the workshops of Konya, the capital of the Seljuks, a dynasty which ruled Persia for a very long time.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
New Sec for Passion of Persia
We like to introduce our new secetary Deb. She has a great fasination to rugs. She is eager to learn, and our clients enjoy hearing what she has learn, and about her. She is a great asset to Passion of Persia and hopefully she will write interesting blogs. For cleaning or/and repair call Passion of Persia at 602 374 6973 Az or 312 523 9043 Chicago
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Finally
So we finally completed 1 runner redyeing, 2 silk reweavings and I personally can not even tell where the repairs were made. I was trying to figure out how in the world the master weaver was able to do such a fantastic job.
So he tried to tell me, and I will try to relay it back to you as best I can.
First he makes a wooden frame that is just alittle bit bigger then the hole that needs to be repaired. He then gathers the wool or the silk and then dyes it the colors he needs for the rugs. He then makes the foundation strands and staples them to rug and to the frame good and tight so that the work will be straight and correct. He then literally re-weaves the design using the new wool and new foundation into the existing rug. He does this in a way that blurrs itself into the original rug and design so that when scanning with your naked eye you can not tell where the repair began and the existing rug begins. It is truly amazing what these artists can acheive and in such a short amount of time. It takes less then a month to do such master repair.
So he tried to tell me, and I will try to relay it back to you as best I can.
First he makes a wooden frame that is just alittle bit bigger then the hole that needs to be repaired. He then gathers the wool or the silk and then dyes it the colors he needs for the rugs. He then makes the foundation strands and staples them to rug and to the frame good and tight so that the work will be straight and correct. He then literally re-weaves the design using the new wool and new foundation into the existing rug. He does this in a way that blurrs itself into the original rug and design so that when scanning with your naked eye you can not tell where the repair began and the existing rug begins. It is truly amazing what these artists can acheive and in such a short amount of time. It takes less then a month to do such master repair.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Chicago silk rug repair
We recieved a gorgeous persian silk rug that needs fringe repair, sanjury and a small hole reweaved. I will post before and after pics once finished. Sorry I havent posted for a few days, it has been crazy busy here. One day this week I will just post before and after pics so you can enjoy the work.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Kashan
We received two Kashan rugs today that were heavily soiled and needed sanjury both sides. It is a shame that they came to us in such a way because they, when taken care of, are very beautiful rugs. I have no doubt that we can restore them back to their original beauty.
When they are finished I will post before and after pics so you can see the quality of the work of Passion Of Persia master weavers.
When they are finished I will post before and after pics so you can see the quality of the work of Passion Of Persia master weavers.
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