History

In the name of God the Highest
It was 1340 when we started. But this starting was not the beginning of our love along the passage of our ardent desire. The love which since the past years around the 10the decade got stuck in the heart of Shafaghi Carpet . Tabriz streets are the witness how the knots, base, loom, warp and woof has been summarized in children’s games. He learned carpet knitting, reading designs and sketching from his father . He grew up healthy, active and energetic through the interest grasped from the designs created in the Iranian carpet. His fingers and palms danced since he was youth, which lead him in gaining popularity. Darning was his extreme love. His used to do darning SYPMATICALLY ON THE HURTS (HOLES) made in the carpet accurately and technically for which he became famous throughout Tabriz as a darning expert. But his love was creating designs and recreating what has once been lost.

Shafaghi Carpet started it’s activities in the 1340’s. And now we stand on the opposite horizon full of brilliant hope and pride.
The profitable and modern workshops throughout west Azerbaijan which are well known in innovating pictures and ever remaining portraits sit in the heart of Shafaghi Tabriz carpet. Nowadays, every Iranian individual who is familiar with Iran has Shafaghi Tabriz Carpets in his treasury of ambitions. This continuous acknowledgement is gained because of all day long efforts of Master Mohammed Shafaghi ,who brought forth all yesterday’s thoughts which are considered well for the art and co-operation.

Iranian carpet gains back it’s powerful Era authority. When the anxiety of citron sits into out hearts and the mixture of eternal colors provides freshness of the green, blue and violet to it, it’s not and has not been an easy task. But as the colored waves of aurora has no limits, the struggle of the Shafaghi Carpet also will not have an end to it’s authorities. Each day is the beginning of the 1340’s until the unknown tomorrow. For those who stepped in the history of carpet weaving.the scenes of which thousands of citron lovers have become the joseph of love for carpet and haVE also tied the headband of his/her life to THE path leading to carpet weaving. Although iranian carpet designs are attractive every beginning we wait for your co-operation.

ABOUT CARPET

Behind the attractive designs and charming colors of the iraniAn carpet, there lies many mystries.

It’s the iraninan and his thoughts which haS made each knot tied to the other to perform a design, then float over the loom for carpet weaving. to say the first knot in carpet history has been done by whom or when and where over the loom, is not that much important, but THE love AND EAGERNESS TOWARDS THE INDUSPUTABLE MEMORY IN EACH FLOWER AND DESIGN ARE THE MAIN STEPS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERation.carpet is the manifestation of art knowledge and the basic………..of the whole huMilities of and memory conforter but it cannot be probihitted that carpet is the richest inheritance and actual picture which has come out of the heart of art history and now, we are responsible of it’s permanence . the pride of iranian history of art goes to carpet weaving. standing over the highest peaks of iranian art it’s our everlasting pride and honor which makes struggle more and more. this alive art owes it’s honor to the great knitter’s magical fingers& palms.

world becomes smaller and smaller every day but our dignity and beauty grows vast day by day.the iranian hand made carpet has remained honorable and proud because of the efforts obtained through the eyes, heart and deeds of artists besides the majority of the competitive machinery art in this mordern world in order to prove it has come from the sky , each knot can be felt by only those who really feel it and the hormony of colors are hummed amongst them. lets listen carfully to the melody of the words coming out of the pictures and carpets which haVE INTRODUCED ITSELF since the silent years.
“BEAUTY……ART……ARDENTDESIRE……PAITENCE ……SELF

                 POSSESSING……

                            PRIDE……

                                      COLOR……

                                                     SO, WHAT WE NEED IS A LITTLE HESITATION