When the conversation turns to the subject of carpets, Persia comes to mind. Top experts in carpet making art are confident in reliability of this fact. The two words "carpet" and "Persia" are synonymic notions in any language, hence, the carpets have become vivid symbols of the true gift in Persian carpet craftsmanship. We can be sure to state, the most elegant and the richest in the world are carpets made in Iran.
Carpet production is one of the ancient and developed kinds of the applied art in Iran. That favored art has carefully been passed from generation to generation. To trace carpet's story means to walk through the path of the greatest civilization. Civilization of Persia is the oldest on the globe. And heroes of every stage of Persia were represented not only by rulers, warlords, but also by masters of carpets and articles of their craft.

Carpet craft of Iran is tightly associated with culture and trends of the people of the region. Skilled masters of Iran combine lovely patterns with astonishing color gamma. Outstanding painters may only dream about this mastership.
Nice carpets that had been weaved at the time of blossoming of Persian carpet's production, have been housed by both the greatest world's museums and private collections. The first, preserved up to days eastern carpet Pazirik weaved 2400-2500 years ago, a contemporary to Akhemenids' empire, is worthy exhibit for the Hermitage museum in St-Petersburg.
In 1949 to 1950 archeological expedition headed by Rudenko S.E. was performing excavations in Pazirik hills. In one of the graves of the chiefs of vagrant tribes under mass of snow there hade been unearthed Pazirik carpet within Pazirik valley. This had become a real sensation.

That is almost square piled carpet sized 200 x 198 cm. and thickness 36 000/ dm. Characters, within carpet's leit-motif are represented in parallel were layer-by-layer there weaved four-petal flowers. The sides feature images of spotted deer, flying mystic creature and a man who saddled a horse or standing by horse. Spotted deer (spots are of yellow color) is one of the rare animals, living north of Iran, at Caspian seaside. This animal is known worldwide as being Iranian deer. Image of that on Pazirik Carpet-is imported proof establishing authenticity of the Iranian origin of the carpet.Colored gamma is consisted of the wine-colored, green, navy blue, yellow and light-orange shades.
This carpet unearths the depth of the carpet's craft history of Persia and symbolizes our unique gallery.