What is a real Persian?
A real Persian is like a precious painting. With the difference that it increases in value if you trample it for 100 years.
Strictly speaking, only hand-knotted carpets from the area of former Persia, today’s Iran, are referred to as “real Persians”. Usually, however, all genuine oriental carpets – that is, those that come from countries with centuries and millennia-old carpet traditions and always guarantee a robust minimum quality – are referred to as “real Persians”.
We, too, only push the “real Persian” forward. Exciting are all carpets that come from traditionally knotting countries, are of excellent quality and thus more than live up to their reputation as real carpets.
Where do real Persians come from?
The carpet was invented in the Caucasian region by nomadic peoples who had to keep their dwelling transportable but still robust. In addition, the raw material – the sheep’s wool – should also be able to travel with them. These wandering peoples distributed their knotted works of art in the larger area around today’s Iran, the former Persia.
What are the advantages of a real Persian?
Red wine on the Persian? No problem as long as it is a Persian carpet.
Real carpets are seen in the Orient as both a utility and an art object. A number of extraordinary performance features are due to this high standard:
lifespan
A real oriental carpet will become an heirloom. A few hundred years in domestic use are a matter of course.
impregnation
The gentle dyeing of the wool enables the natural fat of the wool to be retained and makes it very, very difficult to add permanent soiling to a real Persian.
