Our good friend Shahin Kia, over at Artistic Orientals has written at great post;
History of Iranian Persian Carpets
[snip]The carpet weavers at the Safavid court were centrally located between the weavers from the court of Great Moghul to the east and weavers from the Ottoman Court to the west. This gave the Persian weavers an advantage to interact with weavers from both sides. The result was magnificent. It was because of this interaction that the Persians created some of the most splendid carpets/rugs ever produced. There are no dispute among the experts that this time the 16th century was the golden age of carpets. The great quantity of rugs woven during this time period was shipped to Egypt, North Africa, Spain, Venice, Netherlands, France, Austria, India, Turkistan and China ...[snip]
Go over and read the Full Post, as well as another, Carpet Weaving Centers of Persian Rugs from Iran
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