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“MY WISH, OH GENIE, IS TO HAVE A CARPET THAT WILL FLY AND THAT CAN TAKE ME TO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, AS I SHOULD COMMAND IT.”

“MAY YOUR WISH BE GRANTED.”


WHEN WE THINK OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD, THERE ARE MANY IMAGES THAT COME TO MIND: CALLIGRAPHY, PHILOSOPHY, MATHEMATICS, ARCHITECTURE, ASTRONOMY, POETRY, FURNITURE MAKING, LITERATURE, CERAMICS, METALWORK, TEXTILES, EMBROIDERY, MUSIC, DANCE, CUISINE AND MORE. AS YOU WALK THROUGH THE HOUSE, YOU CAN ENJOY ONE OF THE GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DECORATIVE ARTS, AND TO THE CULTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA, THE MAGIC CARPETS.

THESE CARPETS ARE MADE BY HAND, EITHER ON LARGE LOOMS IN TOWNS OR ON SMALL LOOMS THAT ARE PORTABLE AND CAN BE MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE. IT TAKES FROM SEVERAL MONTHS TO SEVERAL YEARS TO MAKE A CARPET OF GOOD QUALITY DEPENDING ON THE SIZE AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE DESIGN. THE POWER OF A GENIE CAN MAKE IT FLY. THE MOST FAMOUS PLACES WHERE CARPETS ARE MADE ARE IN AND AROUND PERSIA, MODERN DAY IRAN. IRAN HAS A RICH HISTORY THAT DATES BACK MORE THAN 6,000 YEARS. THE ART OF CARPET MAKING IN PERSIA BEGAN ABOUT 2,500 YEARS AGO. CARPETS ARE USUALLY NAMED AFTER THE TOWN, VILLAGE OR REGION WHERE THEY WERE MADE. TODAY, CARPETS ARE HIGHLY VALUED IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND ALL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WE IN JAPAN ALSO HAVE A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR CARPETS AND THE CULTURE THAT THEY REPRESENT.

(WE APOLOGIZE THAT SOME OF THE CARPETS DEPICTED HERE ARE IN PRIVATE AREAS OF THE HOUSE AND NOT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.)

   
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