Haghighi Family

Over a century effort and love through a family for Persian carpets and rugs

“Haghighi family has been active in Persian carpet industry more than a century and has created one of the most important and exquisite brands of Persian carpets. this family produce the best Isfahan rugs today”

The Story of Haghighii Family

The remarkable story of this wonderful family started in 1891 when Mahdi Khan Safdarzadeh Haghighi was born. In the family, he was like a miracle; he began to study Persian arts with some of the most renowned teachers of the time. When Mahdi Khan was only 12 years old, he went to a carpet workshop to learn all the principles of Persian rug ) from designing to dyeing and weaving) with the help of masters Abdolsamad Eslimi, Abdolmatlab, and Abdolrahim Shoureshi, some of the best producers and designers of Persian rugs. Because of his incredible talent, many traders got to know him, which caused him to grow this industry in Isfahan and teach it from a very young age.v

Gradually, he established a small, centrally organized carpet workshop and became the master of carpet weaving when he was only 18 years old. He loved this unique Persian art industry so much that he also passed on his knowledge to his sons. Mahdi Khan progressed the art of Persian carpets in Isfahan till the end of his life; he also established a special carpet workshop for the Kalimi minority living there and taught many people to weave carpets.

. After the death of Mahdi Khan, his sons continued their father's mysterious passion for and love of Persian rugs. Gholamali Safdarzadeh Haghighi was one of his sons and taught carpet weaving at the fine arts school in Isfahan under the management of Isa Bahadori. He used great techniques to weave some of Isa Bahadori's famous works.

Yadollah Safdarzadeh Haghighi was another son of Mahdi Khan who left his studies in law and became a part of this brilliant family job. He wasn't only passionate about the high values of weaving but also about design and the harmony of colors. ‌‌He came up with many wonderful ideas and worked with famous painters to help his imagination become unique rug designs.
Feyzollah Haghighi was the creative and active son who continued their family's heritage till the end of his life and also bequeathed this gift to his children. He studied Persian arts and miniature in the fine art school in Isfahan with great masters like Rostam Shirazi and Isa Bahadori and learned about Persian rugs from his father. Feyzollah Haghighi was appointed to an important position in Iran's heritage foundation and began restoring monumental historical paintings for many years. He mixed the mysterious beauty in Persian architecture with the design of Persian rugs and created unique artworks with the assistance of Norouz Hafizi and Rostam Shirazi.
Nasrollah Haghighi is Mahdi Khan's only child who is now in charge of their workshops. He still keeps their family names up in this industry, producing the best kinds of Persian carpets and impressing his brothers' and father's creativity. In addition, Mahdi Khan's grandchildren continue to value their fathers' and grandfathers' legacies. This family is one of the most influential families not only in Isfahan but also in the whole country because of their extensive efforts to revive the fascinating art of Persian carpets. From the founder of the Haghighi carpet brand, Mahdi Khan, to his grandchildren, they have always admired and collaborated with popular artists such as Farshchian, Haj Mirza Agha Emami, Isa Bahadori, Ahmad Archang, and Rostam Shirazi.

Feyzollah Safdarzadeh Haghighi Persian carpet

Haghighi Family Impressive Activities

● One of the best entrepreneurs in the Persian carpet industry
● Establishing many carpet workshops in Isfahan
● Cooperation with many talented and creative artists of Persian arts
● Producing high-quality carpets for many organizations and pilgrimage
● Reviving Persian architecture and decorative objects in their rugs
● Producing many tableau rugs from important figures
● Teaching weaving and designing Persian carpets in art schools

Famous Artworks and Carpets of Haghighi Family

Chaharbagh School Tableau Rug

Feyzollah Haghighi carpet workshops weave "this fabulous tableau rug." He was an excellent producer of Tableau rugs with high accuracy due to high knot density. Feyzollah Haghighi had a professional dyeing department to achieve a wide range of colors with natural dyes for his extraordinary tableau rug. This rug represents a unique view of Chaharbagh school in Isfahan, with lively colors and a border of eslimi motifs.

Sarralah Carpet

Yadollah Haghighi carpet workshops weave this magnificent carpet for the Imam Hussain shrine in Karbala. The production of this carpet took eight years, and the fantastic design was created by the partnership of great artists in Iran like Mahmoud Farshchian and Jafar Rashtian, displaying the Ashura event. Approximately 5,000 weavers are weaving this carpet. Hormuz Safdarzadeh Haghighi, the son of Yadollah Haghighi, gifted this masterpiece to the Imam Hossein shrine after two years of its production.

The World of Fishes Carpet

The world of fish carpets is one of the Haghighi family's and Persian rugs' most distinctive rugs. Against most of the Haghighi carpets, which include original Persian motifs and patterns, this carpet has natural forms of fish and sea creatures. Still, in the traditional structure of Persian rugs, all motifs are arranged around a pattern in the center, and the whole design includes a border. It has over 700 knots per square inch and took four years to complete. This 43 x 31 meters carpet is kept in the Imam Reza Musem in Mashhad city of Iran today.

The Silk Road Tableau Rug

The Haghighi family is the maker of the most oversized Tableau rug in the world! The Chinese government commissioned this pictorial carpet, measuring 4 by 12 meters, for the Hangzhou Museum. The design, influenced by an ancient Chinese painting, includes more than 160 colors. The rag rug is woven with almost 23 million knots with the best dyeing and weaving techniques in Isfahan by 55 women weavers under the supervision of Mohammad Safdarzadeh Haghighi (the first son of Feyzollah Haghighi) in 9 months.

Haghighi Family Collaborations and Honors

★ Nominated for the best producers of Handmade Persian traditional Carpets in Iran
★ Nominated for the most exquisite Persian carpets
★ The chosen brand for the most handmade carpet festivals