Abianee persian rugs were established in 1986 by Reza Abianee, since then we have provided thousands of fine authentic hand-knotted rugs &runners to New Zealand and other countries in the world. Reza's background of two generation experience and knowledge of hand-knotted rugs made him one of the respected and trustable people in Persian and Oriental rugs market.

At Abianee Persian rugs we always searching for the unique rugs from all different weaving countries in middle east, central Asia and the Caucasus at the best possible price.We believe a home is bare and soulless without a genuine hand-knotted rug, Like our own identities, each rug is unique with its own identity.

Every rug is individually selected by us ranging from tribal simple nomadic village rugs to advanced complicated historical rugs from the main Persian rug producing centers.

Fascinating History

Persian rugs history is still a mystery ,Rodenko the famouse Russian archeologists who discovered a hand-knotted rug among the icebergs in the first half of the century 1949 in a place called Pazirik(80 km to Mongolia border)among the Altai mountaines,This beautiful rug was perfectly preserved in the ice where it was discovered in the tomb of a leader in Paryke valley,found frozen and buried in the grave as it was common for the rich to be buried with their wealth. This rug belongs to 2500 years ago and it was about 1.8 square meter in size with 3600 knots per square meter, now known as a Pazryk Rug with a series of horsemen and a row of elk design on it. The rug was woven in copper brown and light green colors with the images that very simmilar to common shapes in Achamenian period and also Persepolis images in the center of the rug. There were four winged star shapes which are exactly same as one on discovered objects in Louristan-Iran.

The rug was woven in copper brown and light green colours with the images that very simmilar to common shapes in Achamenian period and also persepolis images in the center of the rug. There were four winged star shapes which are exact same as one on discovered objects in Louristan-Iran. This rug is now kept in Hermitage museum in Leningrad. Professor Rodenko belives since Assyrian,Achamenian and Sakai images are used in this  therefore it has originated from Iran previously called Persia. The solution was made from various metallic salts that bind the colors to the fibers.This process will stabilize the rug dyes so that they would not bleed or run or fade fsast. Yellow dyes made from weld,Blue was traditionally made from indigo,Green made from mixing indigo &weld.

Dyes and Colours

Sheep wool naturaly may be either a light off white ivory colour or dark brown or black colour. The ivory colour wool is most easily altered through the process of dying to produce textiles and rugs. The earliest traditional dyes were thoes made from various vegetable sources,These were thoes made from various vegetable sources which were mixed with water in liquid form to allow the fibers to soak for a period of time,then the dyes had to be fixed with a mordant. The solution was made from various metallic salts that bind the colors to the fibers.This process will stabilize the rug dyes so that they would not bleed or run or fade fsast.

Yellow dyes made from weld,Blue was traditionally made from indigo,Green made from mixing indigo &weld.

A brief summery of Persian or Oriental rugs

Persian rugs have been around for many centuries and they have always been considered a form of art. Other countries like Afganistan, India,Pakistan china and many others make rugs as well which they called oriental rugs. A real Persian rugs ,we are reffering to rugs that are made in Iran and that are handmade NOT machinmade and only natural wool and fibers are used in the process. one of the reason why persian rugs are valuable is because they are handmade by individual weavers,rather than in factories.also persian rugs are masde of all natural wool or silk or both and do not have synthetic material. Also every rug is unique and different from another even when they come from the same area or same weaver.