Carpet or rug, defined as a precious textile fluffy ground cloth woven from cotton, wool and silk in some cases, is considered as one of the ancient industries of Iran; and, as per the artifacts recov...
MiniatureorPersian miniatureis an art that brings the ability of depicting the whole nature in a small frame and basically refers to any delicateartisticphenomenon, regardless the way it has been crea...
Enamelrefers to the art of painting and decorating metals such as gold, silver and copper (and sometimes glass and ceramics which is also called as vitreous enamel or porcelain enamel) with opaque or ...
Tilingis considered as one of the important symbols and prominent ornamental elements in Iranian architecture, and one of the old crafts of this land which was mainly carried out using glazed bricks f...
Toreuticsis an Iranian field of art which is considered ashandicraftsand artistic metalworking. There is no clear history on its background; however, according to some archaeologists and art historian...
Knife making is one of the oldest and most famous handicrafts of Zanajn. Today, we know very little of its history. However, according to historic documents and travel notes we can conclude that from ...
Termeh is a woven fine and precious cloth with traditional Iranian patterns or textures which is woven by hand with two sets of warp and weft yarn made of pile, wool, natural and synthetic high-qualit...
Carpets of Tabriz are known to be the most famous carpets of Iran. In 2015 Tabriz has been registered as the global hand woven rug city by World Crafts Council. To explain the history of this celebrat...
Pottery is the craft or art of making dishes from clay by hand or wheels and the dishes made in this way are called earthenware. The earthenware pots which are made from different raw materials, mainl...
One of the oldest handicrafts of Iran are Kilims and historical documents prove that they go back to more than five thousand years ago. Kilims are originally flat weaves that are made without using kn...
