Aghagol Mirmehdi's name includes the Persian word for 'flower'. He began making rugs at sixteen and later guided the Qom workshop's production alongside his four sons. The family supplies colours for collaborating designers' drawings, connecting birds, flowers, scrolls and fine borders while sustaining clear order within abundance.
Works and style
Contemporary works
Mirmehdi's works create rich images from birds, flowers, flowing curves and fine borders, brought into relationship through colour. A rug can be read first through its overall palette, then through the rhythm between birds, flowers and borders. The family is responsible for colour and production guidance, while collaborating designers provide drawings; their work together completes the rug.
People and heritage
Family continuity diagram
According to Golestan's workshop introduction, Aghagol was born in Jasb in 1932 and began making rugs at sixteen, first in wool and later developing silk rugs in Qom. He supplied his own colours for collaborating designers' drawings, with his four sons Ali, Reza, Abolfazl and Mohammad participating in production guidance.
First generation
Aghagol Mirmehdi
Workshop founder; colour work and production guidance
Second generation
Ali Mirmehdi
Workshop production guidance
Parent's generation: Aghagol Mirmehdi
Second generation
Reza Mirmehdi
Workshop production guidance
Parent's generation: Aghagol Mirmehdi
Second generation
Abolfazl Mirmehdi
Workshop production guidance
Parent's generation: Aghagol Mirmehdi
Second generation
Mohammad Mirmehdi
Workshop production guidance
Parent's generation: Aghagol Mirmehdi
Sources on family continuity
Public family information ↗People and heritage
Family archive
A letter from Aghagol's hometown records how a flower festival gave him his name. A public workshop account states that he was born in 1932 and began making rugs at sixteen, a personal span of approximately 78 years by 2026. In early collaborations, designers drew patterns and he supplied his own colours. Father and four sons later guided production together, making both names and colour work clues to the works.
The richness of the family's works comes from the connections between details. Birds, flowers and borders respond through colour and rhythm, while the drawings of collaborating designers retain their own attribution. Moving from the overall palette to individual details clarifies the relationship between colour work and production.