Brief history
In the years 1947 – 1949, a group of Russian archeologists, led by Rudenko, who were working in the Pazyryk Valley, situated in the Altai mountains on the borders of Siberia and outer Mongolia, excavated a royal tomb, about 2500 years old, in which there were things such as clothing, saddles, and an exquisite carpet, had been preserved by ice.
The Pazyryk rare densely knotted carpet, 6 ft 7 in x 6 ft in size, is made of wool and regarded to be the earliest carpet up to the present moment. Enjoying surprisingly high quality, there are 232 knots per square inch of it. It is supposed that the precious carpet could have come from Susa in ancient persia througn the Silk Route in the 6 th century B.C. It has a red ground, and shows horses, eagles, and stags.
The main borders are very wide. In outer border Persian horsemen could be observed. Lotus-flowers are predominant as well. Presently, The Pazyryk Carpet is in the Hermitage Museum, Liningrad.

Characteristics :
Size : 1.5 x 2 m
Fineness ( number of knots in 7 cm of length ) : 55
Material of the warp : silk
Material of the rug : wool & silk
Woven in the city of TABRIZ, Iran