Largest Persian Carpet In The World

It was created for the abu dhabi mosque and was measured in abu dhabi uae in 2007.

Largest persian carpet in the world.

So it is considered to be the oldest. This rug occupies a floor area of 5 000 square meters and weighs 22 tons. Before the rug for the abu dhabi mosque was commissioned the record for the world s largest rug was held by the rug in a mosque in muscat oman. 71 the carpet of wonder in the sultan qaboos grand mosque in muscat in the sultanate of oman measures 4 343 square metres 46 750 square feet.

The incredible story behind the world s largest rug. Its length and breadth dimensions stand at 70 meters x 60 meters. The 60 546 square foot carpet took more than a thousand weavers over a year to complete. The carpet was discovered during an archaeological excavation from the grave of a scythian nobleman in 1949 in the pazyryk valley in the altai mountains of siberia.

The largest hand woven carpet measures 5 630 m 60 600 81 ft and was manufactured by the iran carpet company iran. It will be made for the shaikh zayed mosque in abu dhabi. The most expensive carpet in the world is a 17th century persian vase style carpet afshar collection which was sold in june 2013 in an london auction for 33 8m. The carpet was created in 9 parts and assembled in the mosque.

Persia the ancient persian name of iran boasts to be the world s most superior culture in carpet manufacturing the art of weaving and dying is inherited and carpets of all styles and sizes are made here. The map showing some important persian carpet manufacturing areas. The oldest persian carpet in the world was found in altai. When you think of the largest persian rugs in the world how big do you even imagine it would be.

Radiocarbon testing showed that it was woven 2 400 2 500 years ago. 2 nd largest rug. Iran carpet company with more 70 years of persian rug weaving history is the contactor of this huge carpet. The world s largest carpet.

1 st largest persian rug.