Iran — Tabriz, Kashan & Isfahan
Persian All-Over Rose Garden in the Kerman Manner
Persian Carpets · Representative imagery
A representative Persian floral carpet caught on the loom, its warps still strung, showing a densely packed all-over field of roses, blossoms and leafy scrolls on a deep indigo ground. The crowded millefleurs bouquet of pink roses, blue and green blooms recalls the gol-e-farang and Kerman garden tradition, where the carpet becomes an eternal flowering meadow. The asymmetric Persian knot, worked in fine wool, lets the curvilinear botanical detail bloom in soft polychrome.
The tradition
Iran — Tabriz, Kashan & Isfahan
Persian carpets are the benchmark of the knotted-pile tradition, refined over centuries in the great workshop cities of Iran. City rugs from Tabriz, Kashan and Isfahan are known for curvilinear floral designs — a central medallion floating on a field of scrolling vines — drawn first on a cartoon and then knotted with great precision.
Alongside the formal city style runs a tribal and village tradition with bolder, more geometric versions of the same garden imagery. Both share the Persian idea of the carpet as an eternal garden in bloom.
Motifs & meaning
Reading the design
Persian design is a language of the garden and of paradise, rendered in flowing curvilinear forms.
Central medallion (toranj)
The sun, a pool, or the dome of a garden pavilion.
Boteh
The seed-and-flame paisley, a symbol of life and fertility.
Shah Abbasi palmette
The grand court flower of the Safavid era.
Tree of life
Paradise and the connection of earth to heaven.
Materials & technique
How it is made
Hand-knotted, traditionally with the asymmetric (Persian) knot, in fine wool and silk on a cotton or silk foundation — high knot counts allow the curving floral detail Persian rugs are famous for.
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