Japan to display antique Persian rugs

Japan is to host a month-long exhibition of antique Iranian rugs and hand-woven fabrics during a local festival, an organizing body says.

Japan's Silk Museum will put a collection of Iranian carpets and hand-woven silk fabrics on display in the city of Kyoto where the event will kick-start on April 23, Iranian Handmade Carpets Association website in Japan says.

Also on display will be a monumental silk carpet dating back to Safavid monarch, Shah Abbas' era around 500 years ago.

The antique carpet is to be put on show during the annual semi-religious Gion Matsuri festival for the first time during the past decades.

The carpet delivered to Japan during the Safavid period through the Silk Road, has been usually kept out of public view for preservation.

Organizers of the show will also display various stages of creating hand-woven silk materials from the development of silkworm cocoons to the weaving of fabrics and carpets.

The Japanese host has organized the event with the aid of Iranian Handmade Carpets Association and National Iranian Carpet Center, a sponsor for the exposition.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=123001§ionid=351020105.