Persian Bakhtiar Rugs

Bakhtiar rugs are famous for one great idea: the garden panel. The design the trade calls Khesti divides the field into walled beds like a formal Persian garden seen from above, and each panel holds its own small world, a flowering tree, a vase, a bird, a vine, tile after tile across the rug. No other Persian design packs in so much to look at while staying so orderly, which is why children and guests alike end up crouched over them, finding things. Every Bakhtiar on this page is hand-knotted, one-of-a-kind, and photographed exactly as it will arrive.

The weavers are Bakhtiari tribespeople and villagers of the Zagros highlands, and they build rugs the way mountain people build everything: to last. The wool is thick and glossy, the handle heavy, the colors deep madder red, green, gold and indigo that hold up in busy rooms. Buy a Bakhtiar for the family room, dining room or entry and it will take real life without complaint, then hand the same garden to the next generation.

The range around it rewards a look: Persian Hamedan rugs share the sturdy village temperament in simpler geometry, while Qum rugs show what happens when the same garden instinct is spun into pure silk at the opposite end of the craft. Want to see a particular panel up close? Call or chat any hour and we will photograph it for you. Free shipping and free returns, all 50 states and Canada.