Buying & care
Buying & care guides
One practical guide per craft: what to inspect, warning signs of copies and "Persian style" imports, questions to ask a seller, what affects the price, and how to look after the piece. Guidance is educational only — it cannot confirm that a specific object is genuine.
Woodwork and inlay
Architectural ornament
- How to buy Persian carpetفرش ایرانی
- How to buy Tabriz carpetقالی تبریز
- How to buy Termehترمه
- How to buy Haft-rang tileworkکاشی هفترنگ
- How to buy Gabbehگبه
- How to buy Kilim (Gelim)گلیم
- How to buy Jajimجاجیم
- How to buy Qalamkar block printingقلمکار
- How to buy Pateh embroidery (Kerman)پته
- How to buy Sermeh-duziسرمهدوزی
- How to buy Namad feltنمد
- How to buy Giveh footwearگیوه
- How to buy Zilu (Meybod)زیلو
- How to buy Moarraq tile mosaicکاشی معرق
- How to buy Gereh-chini latticeگرهچینی
- How to buy Velvet weaving (Makhmal-bafi)مخملبافی
- How to buy Brocade weaving (Zari-bafi)زریبافی
- How to buy Rasht embroidery (Rasht-duzi)رشتیدوزی
- How to buy Needlework embroidery (Suzan-duzi)سوزندوزی
- How to buy Stucco carving (Gach-bori)گچبری
- How to buy Kashan carpetفرش کاشان
- How to buy Nain carpetفرش نائین
- How to buy Heriz carpetفرش هریس
- How to buy Bakhtiari carpetفرش بختیاری