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Facts and curiosities regarding the world of Persian rugs

These pages offer an overview on facts and curiosities about Persian rugs, from the discovery in a glacier of a rug dating back thousands of years and the rug that featured the highest price at auction, to the precious model kept at the Poldo Pezzoli Museum in Milan and the first university of Persian Rugs in the city of Kashan.

	A multi-million-pound sale at Christie's for a Persian rug»
	The auction of the collection of rugs and tapestries belonging to Davide Halevim, held on Valentine’s Day 2001 was an extraordinar...

	A Persian rug as your mouse pad»
	A change in the mouse pad concept, which has now become a fashion item to be constantly maintained (Source: NY Times, 10-Nov-98, New York...

	Nain and its fine rugs»
	The village of Nain lies at the edge of the desert, about 100 kilometers east of Isfahan. Even though the village has only 50,00...

	The first University of Rugs»
	The University of Kashan in Iran has established the only faculty for the study in the art of rug making. The Ministry of Culture an...

	The Hunting Rug at the Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan»
	The Salon with Frescoes, the Hall of Fabrics and the Hall of Laces. Fitted in 1950 by Ferdinando Reggiori, the Salon with Frescoe...

	The largest rug in the world»
	In 1996 the Iran Carpet Company received the assignment to prepare a special carpet, made to measure, to decorate the mosque of the Gran...

	The oldest rug in the history of mankind»
	Up until the late Forties, there was no proof of the millenary existence of Persian rugs other than the descriptions given by old stor...

	The plants used to dye the wool that makes the rugs»
	TURMERIC This is a plant belonging to the Zingiberaceae family, a species that includes rhizomatous herb...