Carla Steve's blog: "Guest Post"

Antique Persian Rugs highly regarded for their craftsmanship, beauty, and history, and dazzled admirers as far back as Alexander II. The fine antiques can only be fully appreciated through and understanding of where and how they came to be.An authentic Persian rug should be crafted in Iran, formerly known as Persia. The techniques used to create Persian Rugs are rooted in ancient tradition, built as far as 500 BC Pazyric carpet is the oldest surviving Persian rug, in 2500 years, and amazingly, still retains its vibrant colors. Because they are hand-woven, each rug is not only unique, but you let a viewer talking about tribal weavers and personal history.

Intricate patterns of A Persian rug is made of pictographs, each with their own meaning, meant to record the weaver, or the recipient, personal history. Hundreds of plant and animal symbols, each with a unique sense, make up the lexicon of carpet, while the colors in which they are rendered represents more esoteric concepts, such as joy, strength, or sadness. Symbols include camel wealth, the peacock for divine protection, and the pomegranate for fertility.

Depending on its size, an antique Persian rug can be taken anywhere from a few months to a lifetime to complete. The process begins with hand-spun wool or silk, colored with indigo dye derivative, sumac, Larkspur, and other natural resources. Younger Antique Rugs sometimes made with synthetic dye, which began to appear in 1870's. Although synthetic dye produce a more uniform pigmentation, natural dye have a way of gently, causing them to get into a highly prized patina. Persian Rugs are some of the most beautiful and durable, carpets in history as a result of hand-weaving and dying techniques that have been passed down through generations.

Antique Persian Rugs and Antique Persian Carpet suddon seen a spike in prices - up to the point where a single rug recently sold for almost 10 million dollars! This trend is probably not going to change so while prices are still relatively low, investors and collectors hunting and as time goes on - less and less pieces are available. So long as this trend continues, Antique Persian Rugs are one of the best investments one can make. At least people get the visitors to them every single day and nothing to worry about whether or not they still be there tomorrow (wish we could say the same thing about today's stock market).