Why Persian Rugs Are So Expensive | So Expensive

When he said the one weaving the rug makes the least money off of it I suddenly understood exactly why no one would want to learn such an intricate and time consuming trade. Who wants to pour that much time and energy into a project like that if they make very little and watch others reap the rewards of their hard work?

I'm an Iranian woman, I'm from Fars and Qashqai, all the women in my family in previous generations were carpet weavers, kilims and gabbeh, still some of them do it, remember my grandmother as the older in the family always supervised the process of carpet weaving, they were doing everything themselves from cleaning wool to spinning and dyeing woollen yarns to preparing carpets and textures. It was incredibly hard and labory,but I loved the beautiful colors n shape of the carpet, my grandmother never let me learn to do it , she knew I had a passion for art, but she told me to study at university and become a painter, not a carpet weaver Now I'm a painter, an educated woman who makes good money through art and has a healthy body, not suffering from back pain, no weak eyes, no lung problems, no neck and hand osteoarthritis

Knitter and crocheter here. I COMPLETELY understand the prices on these rugs but I am completely LIVID at the fact that the artists make barely any money. The stuff I work on isn’t nearly as difficult or time consuming to make but Lord do I feel for these people

When the persian rug extinct, don’t blame the young girls didn’t continue their mother’s tradition blame the many middle man that took so much profit

The world will lose this art because the artists aren't appreciated. Pay the people their proper coin and the youth would love to keep this skill going. It's simple math.

The audacity of that middle man mourning the loss of Weavers when his own greed is the reason the trade is dying. These women are true artists and should be getting almost all of the profit.

If I was so rich I’d find out who weaved it and pay them an enormous amount for all their hard work. I mean those details and precision is insane!!

I don't know why hearing farsi brought back so many memories. I'm glad they don't just talk over the people, and let them explain certain things for themselves.

Fun fact: in iranian schools we learn how to make small rugs(gelim) and they try to embrace the tradition . Im starting mine next week :)

this is the second video i've watched where the product rightfully expensive and the people who make it are extremely underpaid for their work.

My mom loves these... she has them everywhere around the house. They're her favorite. I didn't know how much craftsmanship went into them... I'll be sure to step a little more carefully from now on 😁

I hope someone who have the skills will help these weaver artists establish an online presence and shop so they can be free from the middleman who takes the most profit for the least work. Once these artists can earn a decent income from weaving this art form will not be lost.

As an Iranian, I will try offer a bit of an explanation as to why this middleman culture exists in particular to this endangered process. One extremely important facet to note is that for almost 40 years, Iran has been virtually shut out from the world due to international sanctions on trade with Iran. What this means is Iran has had to become completely self dependent and bargain with neighbouring countries in any way, shape or form to sustain their economy. This gentleman explaining to you "the problem" I can assure you, is not the problem. What the problem is, is having a rug pass from Iran to say (hypothetically) India for 1000usd then from India to Hong Kong for 6000 usd then from Hong Kong to USA for 9000usd. This is what he (loosely) means when he refers to middlemen. It has been the way Iran has had to operate as a nation in order to survive for the last 40 years. Peace and love everyone from a Maori/Iranian, stay safe ❤🤙🏽

Why so expensive? Because it's not mass produced. Every rug has a human touch.

If someone could teach them to make it by themselves and sell online, there wouldn't be so many middle men and the real people would earn from their mastery art.

Im an iranian woman. Although we always had Persian carpets at home, I am still happy to see its colors. espacialy RED. There are many women around us who know carpet weaving and I hope to learn carpet weaving this summer. Carpet weaving is national in Iran and is supported by many organizations.

Is expensive but yet the people weaving them are poor.

Unbelivable that the rugs only cost acouple thousand dollars, imagine 4 skilled western workers working on one product for 4 years. This would cost a couple HOUNDRED thousand dollars

They should pay those weavers good, they’re extremely high skilled labor and irreplaceable

I'm an italian young guy and it's few months I started weaving knotted rugs and kilim with my own drawings and symbols. I'm understanding now how much work and time u need to produce just a middle size rug, considering also all the process of setting the warp yarns on the loom ecc and it makes me so angry to know the weavers are the ones that make the least money once the rug is sold. It's also strange to find here in Italy some huge Gabbeh for just 400/500 euros...