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About Persian Carpet

The Persian carpet or Persian rug is an essential part of Persian art and culture. Carpet-weaving is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished manifestations of Persian culture and art, and dates back to ancient Persia.

Woven into the fabric of Iranian history, religion, society, and culture for more than 2,500 years, Persian rugs are geographically integrated into Iran. When a rug is made in Persia, it is synonymously linked with Iran - Persia and Iran meaning the same thing when referring to rugs. Intricately tie with Iran's economy and trade for centuries, the hand-woven rugs are known for their artistic beauty and quality, particularly rugs made during the Safavid Dynasty (1499-1722). Today, Persian rugs still maintain their prestige.

 

Ref:‌ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_carpet and http://www1.american.edu/ted/persian-rugs.htm

Ziya Art Center in partnership with Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC) cordially Invites You to the

 

Persian Carpet Day

 

Dec. 6 at 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.

 

1433 Madison St., Oakland, CA 94612

 

 

Program Timeline:

  • 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.: Persian carpet exhibition of outstanding collections from Mr. Jazayerian and Mrs. Khanchi; some carpets available for sale; Carpet design samples by Mohsen Shafie Bafti and Safieh Hassani

  • 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Hands-on carpet workshop for kids with Farzaneh Faridmoayer

  • 1 – 3 p.m.: Screening “The Wind Carpet” film by Kamal Tabrizi

  • 3 – 4 p.m.: Free carpet appraisal by Adib Persian Rug Co.

  • 4 – 4:30 p.m.: Illustrated Presentation on introduction to Persian carpet by Ray Adib

  • 5 – 6 p.m.: “Design and Pattern in Persian Carpets”  workshop with Carol Bier*, visiting scholar at GTU and former Curator at The Textile Museum in Washington, DC

 

Program Details:

  • Suggested Donation for the whole program: $15 adults; $10 students & kids; $25 family of three or more

  • This event is in English and open to the public.

  • Limited free parking is available on site; The Center is near the 12th St. BART station.

  • For more details please visit www.ziyaart.com or visit the “Art & Culture” tab at www.iccnc.org     

  • or email: ziya.art.studio@gmail.com or call Director of Art & Culture, Arash Shirinbab at 510-283-4518.

  • Information desks and representation tables are available for non-profits, artists, and vendors. For reservations, please send an email to ziya.art.studio@gmail.com by December 4, 2014.

 

 

 

About:

 

Carol Bier is Visiting Scholar with the Center for Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley CA. From 1984 to 2001 she served as Curator for Eastern Hemisphere Collections at The Textile Museum in Washington, DC, and has been Research Associate there since 2001.  She is author of The Persian Velvets at Rosenborg, published in Copenhagen in 1995, and contributing author/editor of Woven from the Soul, Spun from the Heart: Textile Arts of Safavid and Qajar Iran, published by The Textile Museum in 1986. For many years she was editor of The Textile Museum Journal and is a past President of the Textile Society of America. 

 

Born in Iran, Ray Adib follows a long family tradition; becoming an expert on Persian carpets. For over seven generations the Adib family has been involved in the rug industry – supplying wool, silk and cotton for carpets they commissioned as well as buying unique rugs from weavers in towns and villages in the large areas around Kashan and Isphahan. Ray Adib continues this tradition in Walnut Creek, earning his excellent reputation by providing the highest quality genuine Persian and Oriental rugs at the best prices to his clients across the United States for more than 45 years. Although Adib, like many in his family, has a degree in a technical field – his being civil engineering – he enjoys the peace and balance his rug business provides him. To view Ray Adib's Rug Gallery please click HERE.

 

Mohsen Shafie Bafti has a BA in Carpet Design and MA in Persian Literature in Iran. He is living in Kerman, Iran and has published a book called “The Carpet and Handicrafts of Baaft”.

 

Safieh Hassani has a BA in Carpet Design and MA in Islamic Art in Iran. She has participated in over five exhibitions and has elected in visual art festival of Kerman province in 2010.

 

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