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Iran unveils vast handmade carpet

Writing by persiancowboy on Tuesday, 31 of July , 2007 at 7:33 pm

Iran has unveiled the world’s largest handmade carpet. According to BBC,

The carpet, which took 1,200 weavers some 18 months to make, is destined for a mosque in the United Arab Emirates.

Measuring 5,625 sq m (60,546 sq ft), the carpet was made in nine separate segments with 2.2 billion knots.

It was woven in Iran’s north-eastern province of Khorasan and is worth an estimated $5.8m (£2.8m).

Half of that sum is destined for the local area in Khorasan, where it was produced using about 38 tons of wool and cotton.

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