Street, and even Hitler had an 'Ardabil' in his office in Berlin. The most expensive carpet in the world is a 17th-century Persian vase style carpet, afshar collection which was sold in June 2013 in an London auction for $33.8m. The "Carpet of Wonder" in the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, in the Sultanate of Oman, measures . Its construction required four years of labour by 600 workers, resulting in 12 million man hours of work. Iran is also the maker of the largest handmade carpet in history, measuring . See also Types Dilmaghani Gabbeh Gelim (Also Kilim or Kelim) Heriz rug Kashan rug Tabriz rug Related carpet Azerbaijani carpet Oriental rug Quilting Scandinavian rugs Arraiolos rug Popular culture Baharestan Carpet Carpet Museum of Iran Flying carpet Nazmiyal Collection The Poot (Persian carpet documentary) War rugs The Phoenix and the Carpet References Further reading Jenny Housego: Tribal Rugs: An Introduction to the Weaving of the Tribes of Iran, Scorpion Publications, London 1978 Ulrich Schurmann: Oriental Carpets, Octopus Books Limited, London 1979 Ian Bennett: Oriental Rugs, Volume One: Caucasian, Oriental Textile Press Ltd, England, 1981 Jan David Winitz: The Guide to Purchasing an Oriental Rug, The Breema Rug Study Society & Dennis Anderson Photo-Publishing, Oakland, 1984 Andrew Middleton: Rugs & Carpets: Techniques, Traditions & Designs, Mitchell Beazley, London 1996 Ulrich Schurmann: Caucasian Rugs, Washington International Associates, Accokeek, Maryland, 1974 James D. Burns: Visions of Nature: The Antique Weavings of Persia, Umbrage Editions, Iceland, 2010 Peter F Stone: Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins, Tuttle Publishing 2013 External links Videos Persian Rug Lecture by Dr. Khosrow Sobhi - parstimes.com Oriental rugs and carpets Persian handicrafts Persian words and phrases Islamic culture Islamic art Economy of Iran Iranian inventions