Tree Of Life Persian Rug History

The jureidinis have been surrounded by luxurious oriental and persian rugs their entire lives.

Tree of life persian rug history. This inspiring symbol has taken on many names throughout time including the holy tree the world tree or tree of love. Persian carpets and rugs of various types were woven in parallel by nomadic tribes in village and town workshops and by royal court manufactories alike. The iranians were among the pioneer carpet weavers of the ancient civilizations having achieved a superlative degree of perfection through centuries of creativity and ingenuity. First quarter of the 20th century 1910 this extraordinary antique carpet is decorated with a prominent tree of life pattern with strongly arching.

This piece has green base color with cream border. View this item and discover similar for sale at 1stdibs to the south east of persia is the city of kerman or kirman and to the north of kerman is the village of laver or raver which has a rug weaving history. As such they represent miscellaneous simultaneous lines of tradition and reflect the history of iran and its various peoples. Tree of life design antique tabriz rug country of origin.

The rug life was founded by john and sabrina jureidini. The history of persian rugs persian carpet a culmination of artistic magnificence dates back to 2 500 years ago. Ancient egyptians similarly recognized the tree as a symbol of the events that led to everything coming into existence. As it is documented in the tree of life persian rugs legend has it that a cypress tree planted by request of a zoroastrian prophet this tree grew to be so big that 10 000 sheep could use it for shade and thousands of birds lived within the branches.