Zigler Ferahan Carpets

Zigler Ferahan Carpets

Everyone calls Zigler carpets ferahan, because Zigler, Zigler with the letter is the name of the extraordinary firm that produced Persian hand-knotted carpets in Persia in the 1800s .

The trading company of Swiss origin for some, and German origin for others that the very founder’s name was zigler carpet merchant.

Headquartered in Manchester Uk had opened its sales offices in several Persian cities during those years, including the city of Sultanabad.

” Today Arak is part of the Markazi region ” and was in the business of commissioning local knotters with designs and formats created specifically for the Western market , actually they were banking on the single ancient design of Ferahan . Zigler was the first Western company to set up its production according to the needs of European customers. Previously, European merchants had to rely on Persian production in everything. However, Zigler closed after World War I, ceasing carpet production.