I need help in determining what our other rugs are. I will be doing one thread for each rug. Attached are pics for a Persian Kasmar?????? We got this rug about 2 years ago for $600. It is 9 feet 6.25 inches by 12 feet 10 ". The rug is in perfect condition and I believe it to be about 1970's?, It is a very thick rug where you cannot get your fingers in it. The design can be seen on the back of the rug clearly which can be clearly seen on the back. I lived in IRan for a year while I was in college, accompanying my family when my father had a Fulbright to teach Biochemistry at the University of Teheran . I also taught English in a Persian Armenian school while I was there. I was also enrolled as a student at the University of Teheran and took courses in Statistics and graduate English Literature courses. So I have a fondness for all Iranian things-- rugs, miniatures, samovars,So please bear with me as I bring up rugs we have bought in the past as I try to find out more about them. One question I have is what date is woven into this carpet-- the numbers are so stylized I cannot figure them out. I think this is a 1970's carpet.

RugPRo,

Can you read the date in the carpet? Does it say 1970???

Thanks!

That is not a date nor writing even though it looks like Kufi writing. You see that in almost all Kashmars with "Zir Khaky" design (Zir khaky basically means things excavated from beneath the earth) and looks like a 70s piece.