Largest Handmade Carpet In The World

The world s largest carpet.

Largest handmade carpet in the world.

Though in recent times this ancient tradition has come under stiff competition from machine made products. This square cut rug features an elaborate border with oscillating patterns orientated around a single square medallion in the centre. This carpet measures 5 627 m 2 60 570 sq ft and. 1 st largest persian rug.

400 square meters in size makes this a unique work of art. Iran is also the world s largest producer and exporter of handmade carpets producing three quarters of the world s total output. That s right the rug that holds this impressive record is 133 meters long 41 meters broad and has a total area of 5 453 square meters or 60 468 square feet. The 60 546 square foot carpet took more than a thousand weavers over a year to complete.

The largest hand woven carpet measures 5 630 m 60 600 81 ft and was manufactured by the iran carpet company iran. This makes around 40 of the complete carpet trading in the world which makes india the most valuable player in the carpet world. Of course the empire of persia was dominating most of south east asia but persia is now the biggest country in this region. When you think of the largest persian rugs in the world how big do you even imagine it would be.

The incredible story behind the world s largest rug. The designs of persian carpets are copied by weavers from other countries as well. Amazing unique piece of art. The carpet was created in 9 parts and assembled in the mosque.

It can be hard to imagine but the world s largest rug is the size of a soccer field. The portuguese armorial carpet sold for 80 500 usd making it the eighth most expensive carpet in the world. As a direct successor of persia is considered the country of iran. The sheikh zayed grand mosque has many special and unique elements.

It was created for the abu dhabi mosque and was measured in abu dhabi uae in 2007. The carpet would have been. The carpet in the main prayer hall is considered who to be the world s largest carpet made by iran s carpet company and designed by iranian artist ali khaliqi.