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An invitation to travel…into space
This rug combines tradition with creativity as it is entirely hand-knotted and depicts a magnificent night sky studded with large stylized moons.
The Saturn carpet is an ode to the night, to space, to the cosmos. On a vast expanse of blues with subtle nuances, the stars twinkle delicately in the form of moons woven from silk thread whose changing reflections create the subtle illusion of a lunar surface.
This rug is handwoven in Iran, in a workshop where men and women each participate in the making of the rug, respecting an ancestral tradition.
The wool comes from the mountains of Shiraz, and the dyes are made exclusively from natural pigments. This is why each rug is left to dry and be cleaned in the sun for an extended period, allowing the fibers to develop a patina and the colors to last forever.
The sky is at our feet!
Wool and silk velvet, natural shades
Parsua, the carpet publishing brand of Galerie Chevalier
We are going to tell you a beautiful Persian story…or how the contemporary rug entered the world of ethical and responsible luxury.
PARSUA is first and foremost the brainchild of a renowned antique dealer, Dominique Chevalier, and an Iranian friend, who sought to revive the Persian carpet and create the antiques of tomorrow. Thus began, in 2001, a series of trips to Iran (the ancestral home of carpet making) and meetings with weavers and dyers to find artisans motivated and capable of reviving ancient, then-forgotten techniques.
From the very beginning, PARSUA's creators had sustainable development in mind: Persian rugs made using 17th and 18th century techniques, meaning crafted in village workshops (not mass-produced in factories), finely hand-knotted with locally sourced, hand-spun wool, exclusively natural dyes, and a patina patiently applied with water and sunlight, without ever resorting to the use of chemicals that damage the fiber and have negative repercussions on the environment and the people who use them (chemical dyes, acids, etc.).
ELLE DECORATION
October 2021
Saturn is making headlines!
