Editing Persians (section)

===Carpets===
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[[File:Louvre - Tapis à décor de jardin de paradis, dit Tapis de Mantes.jpg|thumb|A Persian carpet kept at the [[Louvre]].]]
Carpet weaving is an essential part of the Persian culture,<ref name=langton>{{cite book |title=How to know oriental rugs, a handbook |author=Mary Beach Langton |publisher=D. Appleton and Company |year=1904 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_YtcPAAAAYAAJ/page/n57 57]–59 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_YtcPAAAAYAAJ|quote=Persian rugs. }}</ref> and Persian rugs are said to be one of the most detailed hand-made works of art.

Achaemenid rug and carpet artistry is well recognized. [[Xenophon]] describes the carpet production in the city of Sardis, stating that the locals take pride in their carpet production. A special mention of Persian carpets is also made by [[Athenaeus|Athenaeus of Naucratis]] in his ''[[Deipnosophistae]]'', as he describes a "delightfully embroidered" Persian carpet with "preposterous shapes of [[griffin]]s".<ref name=ronald/>

The [[Pazyryk culture|Pazyryk]] carpet, a [[Scythians|Scythian]] pile-carpet dating back to the 4th century BC that is regarded as the world's oldest existing carpet, depicts elements of Assyrian and Achaemenid designs, including stylistic references to the stone slab designs found in Persian royal buildings.<ref name=ronald>{{cite book |title=The Arts of Persia |author=Ronald W. Ferrier |publisher=Yale University Press |year=1989 |pages=118–120 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G2Qkf0h2Pj4C&q=Pazyryk+Carpet+Persia&pg=PA118|isbn=0300039875}}</ref>