Preview Persian Gallery: Persian Rugs Contact Carpetbeggars to see our hundreds of Persian Rugs For over 2500 years, Persian Rugs have been considered the elite premier treasures of the Oriental hand knotted rug genres. Only rugs made in Iran can qualify as Persian Rugs. The Persian carpet stands out by the variety and elaborateness of its designs. Persian rugs are woven by nomadic tribes in village and town workshops and represent thousands of years of tradition of each of the 26 provinces that constitute Iran. They reflect the  history of Iran, Persian culture and expressions of folklore and art by its various provinces. The carpets woven in the Safavid court manufactories of Isfahan during…