A museum-grade reference to Iranian handicrafts — from Khatamkari in Shiraz to Tabriz carpets — with artisans, regions and a curated marketplace.
9 documented traditions across 8 regions.
A Persian inlay art in which fine rods of wood, bone and metal are bundled into star units, sliced into thin sheets and applied to a wooden surface to form dense geometric tessellation.
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Hand-knotted wool on a cotton foundation with a classical Shah Abbasi medallion, corner spandrels and an all-over vine field. Woven from a cartoon drawn in the workshop, at approximately 50 raj.
Traditions where the number of practitioners at the finest grades is declining.
A Persian inlay art in which fine rods of wood, bone and metal are bundled into star units, sliced into thin sheets and applied to a wooden surface to form dense geometric tessellation.
Read entry →A patterned Iranian brocade woven with supplementary wefts, historically in silk and wool, associated above all with Yazd and Kerman.
Read entry →The Iranian tradition of decorating copper, brass and silver vessels with small chisels struck by hammer, working the metal into line, ground and relief.
Read entry →From fleece to finished pile: the sequence of preparation, dyeing, knotting and finishing that produces a hand-knotted carpet.
What to examine, what to ask, and which claims deserve documentation before money changes hands.
Three checks that separate constructed inlay from a surface film printed to resemble it.
