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Rug Weaving in Iran

Rug Weaving in Iran
These Iranian women are weaving rugs using traditional methods. While a skilled weaver can tie about 12,000 knots per day, a high quality hand-woven carpet may have as many as one million knots per square yard. Thus, it can take a year or more to weave a single carpet. Persian rugs, as Iranian rugs are still known, are considered among the most valuable in the world.
Eslami Rad/Liaison Agency
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