NY City Lens | Moira Lavelle: Hamid Kermanshah compares a fine Persian rug to a Picasso, or a Van Gogh. In his eponymous Kermanshah Oriental Rugs shop near Union Square he pulls out antique Persian rugs made of wool, cotton and silk, gesturing to the tight hand-knotted weave, the vibrant colors, and the intricate patterns as if he was pointing to a ...

AP | Amir Vahdat and Mohammad Nasiri: As the Trump administration works to unravel Irans 2015 nuclear deal with word powers, the producers of the countrys famed Persian carpets fear they will lose vital markets. Before the U.S. withdrew from the deal and began restoring crippling sanctions earlier this year, the $425 million a year industry preserved ...

IRNA An Iranian export official says the country can replace the US market with the lucrative market of China for Persian rugs. The US is a major market for hand-made Persian rugs, but it will be closed to Iran when the sanctions take effect, Chairman of Iran's export confederation Mohammad Lahouti told Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Friday....

IFP - The United States is still the main importer of Iranian carpets despite the sanctions it has imposed on the countrys economy. Iran exports $126 million worth of carpets (27.9%) to the US, $57.5 million to Germany (13.6%), $30 million to Lebanon (7.1%); $23.4 million to the United Kingdom (5.5%), and $23.1 million to Japan (5.5%). Head ...

IFP- The National Iranian Carpet Centre has participated for the first time in the Cologne International Interiors Show (imm), whose 69th edition opened on Monday, January 15.Iran is participating in this exhibition to negotiate with the European designers and decorators as the main visitors of the Cologne fair to introduce the Iranian handmade carpet ...

Al-Monitor | Maysam Bizaer: Iran'scapital city hosted the worlds largest and most prestigioushandmade carpet exhibitionAug. 23-29. Hamid Kargar, the head of Iran National Carpet Center, told Al-Monitor, About 730 companies from across Iran and dozens of carpet traders from across the globe participated in the 26th Iran Handmade Carpet Exhibition. He ...

WGBH News|Saul Gonzalez: If you want to see how improved US-Iran relations will play out on the ground in America, head to Westwood Boulevard in Los Angeles. There's a stretch there called Little Persia and its the commercial heart of LAs large Iranian-American communityfull of Persian restaurants, bakeries and Farsi-language bookstores. It's also ...

When it comes to oriental rugs, Tamin Wahdat can fully meet his customers demands. His business, based in Hamburgs warehouse district, deals with rugs from India, Pakistan and Iran. Among them are masterpieces such as a real Persian rug for 30,000. It is silk on silk. You can feel how beautiful and soft it feels. This is a kind of craft that ...

Christies spring Oriental Rugs & Carpets auction on April 19 in London is headlined by an amazing trio of 17th-century Kerman Vase-technique carpets, from old Persia, that were once the property of Baroness Alice de Rothschild, member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of Austria. One of the carpets woven in the southeastern Kerman Province,...

To Esmail Borhani, the Persian rugs sold by his family for decades are enduring works of art, with vibrant blues, reds and golds handwoven in traditional patterns to create one-of-a-kind showpieces. He owns Borhani Rug Co. in Timonium, which specializes in such carpets. They account for about three-quarters of his sales, but for several years now ...

The call came in to the rug store at 10:30 on Wednesday morning: After five days in U.S. customs, the shops first batch of carpets imported from Iran were ready for pickup. Store owner Alex Helmi quickly gathered his employees and told them to drive to the airport to pick up the shipment: 40 handmade rugs valued at about $500,000. I wanted to ...