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Persian Carpet celebrating the successes of Soviet space travel, made by members of Iranian Tudeh Party (1965) (hexbear.net)
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[–] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lately my hobby has been wasting the time of sales people at rug stores (and lying to myself), acting as if someday I could actually buy a handmade wool rug from central Asia. Maybe I'll go ask about commissioning a workshop in Iran to make a replica of this, negotiate fees and prices, and then disappear.

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Went to Turkey and negotiated a $5000 rug to $450, didn't even try to, I just heard the price and was like "nah im good" and started walking out the store and he kept lowering the price as I was walking out.

Your flight to Turkey + accommodations would probably be cheaper than buying a rug in the west lol.

[–] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Good to hear. I've been trying to pitch to my wife that it's worthwhile for me to go to Uzbekistan, which I want to do anyways, and buy a rug while I'm there.

[–] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Would you be willing to post a picture of your rug?

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I think that's bad OPSEC since rugs are pretty unique, but it looks very very similar to this one

Fits in my entire living room, it was a pain but I managed to fit it all in my luggage with a lot of folding, no need to ship it home which was nice.

The seller did the whole charade of throwing a bunch of rugs out on the floor, seeing what colors I liked, then narrowing down to a style I liked best. Also brought a lighter to the fibers to show they weren't made of plastic which was cool lol.

It did smell a lot like mildew when I got home, I think it was stored in a humid basement for years at that point. I let it sit outside for about a week and the smell was 90% gone.

[–] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Beautiful. I'm insane with jealousy. I'm gonna get one.

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Good luck! And don't break the bank!

[–] daniyeg@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

yeah carpet prices are somewhat arbitrary as they are priced like an art piece by the dealers. westerners are definitely getting fleeced though for reference a cheap 12 meter handwoven carpet in iran costs in the 350~400$ range (probably i haven't looked into carpet prices lately, this price is like for the cheapest option though). no one buys that for their home though, you can get machine woven carpets for like 50~100$ and it looks fine.

[–] daniyeg@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

it's not persian it's azeri unless by persian you mean iranian style carpets which in that case it's fine i guess. it was designed by jafar mujiri in 1965 to commemorate the anniversary of the azerbaijan crisis and was gifted to the CPSU. the two lines at the top are in azeri and they read:

[To] the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, From the Azerbaijan Chapter of the Iranian Tudeh Party - the Azerbaijan Democratic Party.

To commemorate Azar 21st, the anniversary of the Azerbaijani People's Movement.

this pops up every few months and me with my goldfish memory have to go look for this info again lmao.

[–] abc@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

NEED NEED NEED NEED NEED

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Like me and the ultra-rare black bordered Soviet flags that flew during Stalin's funeral.

[–] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Love this, especially his tomahawk slam dunk form