The largest hand woven carpet measures 5 630 m 60 600 81 ft and was manufactured by the iran carpet company iran.
Largest persian carpet in the world.
The carpet was discovered during an archaeological excavation from the grave of a scythian nobleman in 1949 in the pazyryk valley in the altai mountains of siberia.
Before the rug for the abu dhabi mosque was commissioned the record for the world s largest rug was held by the rug in a mosque in muscat oman.
Its length and breadth dimensions stand at 70 meters x 60 meters.
Radiocarbon testing showed that it was woven 2 400 2 500 years ago.
It was created for the abu dhabi mosque and was measured in abu dhabi uae in 2007.
The most expensive carpet in the world is a 17th century persian vase style carpet afshar collection which was sold in june 2013 in an london auction for 33 8m.
The map showing some important persian carpet manufacturing areas.
The world s largest carpet.
The incredible story behind the world s largest rug.
The 60 546 square foot carpet took more than a thousand weavers over a year to complete.
It can be hard to imagine but the world s largest rug is the size of a soccer field.
The oldest persian carpet in the world was found in altai.
Persia the ancient persian name of iran boasts to be the world s most superior culture in carpet manufacturing the art of weaving and dying is inherited and carpets of all styles and sizes are made here.
More than 1 200 village women have started weaving a giant carpet worth 8 5 million that will be the world s largest hand knotted carpet ever.
So it is considered to be the oldest.
2 nd largest rug.
It will be made for the shaikh zayed mosque in abu dhabi.
This rug occupies a floor area of 5 000 square meters and weighs 22 tons.
That s right the rug that holds this impressive record is 133 meters long 41 meters broad and has a total area of 5 453 square meters or 60 468 square feet.
The carpet was created in 9 parts and assembled in the mosque.
Iran carpet company with more 70 years of persian rug weaving history is the contactor of this huge carpet.