A Persian rug is instantly recognizable. From its intricate floral pattern to its rich color palette, we all know (and love) the iconic style. It's a traditional design with a vast past that continues ...

While browsing at your local thrift store, you suddenly spot what you might think is a vintage Persian rug, but how do you ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Hossein Rezvani buys two tonnes of wool at the start of every year. It’s not any old yarn, but Persian highland wool, ...

Ashkan Agahzadeh has been around rugs his entire life. A native of Tehran, Iran, Ashkan spent his childhood watching his mother and aunt spend years hand-knotting tapestries and carpets. He, along ...

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 ...

David Thomas Smith's first solo show of photographic art is called Anthropocene, and makes use of Google Maps image data in a pretty novel way — the satellite photos serve as the fabric for intricate ...

A 17th Century Persian rug has sold for $33.8m (£21.8m), a sum triple the previous auction record for a carpet. The winning bid for the Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet was made anonymously on Wednesday at ...

Having been in the carpet industry since October 2021, Mr Mathenge believes that while its market is unsteady, up one day and ...