As a child, Razi Miri often heard his father describe what made an old rug beautiful, and saw his reluctance to sell rugs he cherished. As the fifth generation in the family's carpet business, Razi carried that way of looking into drawings, dyes and yarns. Design in Tehran, dyeing in Shiraz and the skills of weavers in different regions allow local patterns to continue growing in new hand-knotted rugs.
Works and style
Contemporary works
Miri's hand-knotted rugs bring regional patterns into contemporary compositions, with materials, dyeing and weaving shaping the image together. Viewers can observe how traditional patterns are recombined and how colour sustains the overall order. Razi's artistic direction, the design centre and local weavers work together, retaining recognisable regional craft qualities within the works.
People and heritage
Family continuity diagram
The family history begins in 1820. Mostafa, of the third generation, appreciated and traded antique rugs. His sons Javad and Taghi continued the business, and Taghi founded an export company in 1965. Razi, of the fifth generation, began researching traditional dyeing, weaving and pattern reconstruction in 1988. Family business and contemporary production exploration thus form two connected histories.
Third generation of the family business
Mostafa Miri
Appreciation, dealing and export of antique rugs
Fourth generation of the family business
Taghi Miri
Family business and founding the export company from 1965
Parent's generation: Mostafa Miri
Fifth generation of the family business
Razi Miri
Research into traditional production and reconstruction; supervision of the design centre
Parent's generation: Taghi Miri
Fifth generation of the family business
Sadegh Miri
Public relations and family business
Parent's generation: Taghi Miri
Fifth generation of the family business
Habib Miri
Continuation of the family enterprise
Parent's generation: Taghi Miri
People and heritage
Family archive
Taghi, of the fourth generation, loved old rugs; his son Razi's interest grew through his father's way of looking. The public family history begins in 1820, making approximately 206 years by 2026: this is a history of the carpet business. Modern production exploration has its own chronology. Razi began intensive research into materials and weaving methods in the late 1980s; a natural-dyeing facility near Shiraz was completed in 1997. Today's hand-knotted rugs are made through the design centre and local weavers working together.
Miri's hand-knotted rugs focus on recombining traditional patterns. The design centre and local weavers make distinct contributions, while material selection and dyeing also participate in the overall expression. Readers can move from the order of the whole to regional details, understanding how a work takes shape across multiple production stages.