THE JOURNAL

Stories of origin,
material and hand.

Notes from the House on understanding Persian carpets, the people who make them and the settings in which they live.

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How to read a Persian carpet

The first details our specialists look for when understanding a piece.

How fibre changes the clarity, movement and ageing of the finished work.

A concise introduction to Tabriz, Kashan, Isfahan, Kerman, Qom and Heriz.

The sequence of decisions that turns a design into a carpet.