Seirafian is a multigenerational rug-making family in Isfahan. Bagher selects materials, organises weaving and oversees the work's details, with Farbod assisting. Pile, design outlines and classical composition offer a way into understanding the workshop: its craft is expressed in the careful coordination of material and image.
Works and style
Contemporary works
The Bagher workshop is distinguished by classical composition, clear outlines and control of the pile. Principal motifs, field and borders answer one another, with details contributing to the balance of the whole. A close view reveals the relationship between line and pile; stepping back reveals how materials and weaving establish the rug's overall order.
People and heritage
Family continuity diagram
The founder of the family's making tradition, Haj Agha Reza Seirafian, established the workshop around 1940. His son Mohammad continued its finely worked production and became an important rug-making master of the twentieth century. Bagher is Mohammad's son; Farbod assists in Bagher's workshop, forming the branch selected here.
Earlier mastersMohammad Seirafian
Third generation of the family
Bagher Seirafian
Material selection, weaving organisation and control of production
Fourth generation of the family
Farbod Seirafian
Assisting in his father's workshop
Parent's generation: Bagher Seirafian
Sources on family continuity
Public family information ↗Public family information ↗Public family information ↗People and heritage
Family archive
The Seirafian family's multigenerational making tradition provides the background to Bagher's workshop. Bagher takes responsibility for material selection, weaving organisation and control of the work, with Farbod assisting. Their division of responsibilities identifies who oversees both materials and weaving details.
The workshop connects pile, design outlines and classical composition. The clarity of the principal motifs, the supporting field and the responding borders require coordinated decisions. Looking closely at details and then at the whole reveals how materials and making shape the image.