Posted on April 21, 2015 by Behnam Rugs

How to Use a Persian Rug in Your Wedding

With June just a few weeks away, many brides and grooms are putting the finishing touches on their plans for their marriage ceremony.

Many people of Iranian descent use small prayer rugs – many of them exquisite Persian rugs – in their marriage ceremony.

Iranian couples often stand on a small Persian rug as they say their marriage vows. The rug may be new, but it also may be a rug that their parents used, as well as their grandparents. Adding a marriage rug that has been used for several generations helps the newlyweds remember that their union is about more than just the two of them – they are members of a family that has survived for generations and, it is hoped, the children that come from their union also someday will use the same prayer rug in their marriage ceremony.

Using a Persian rug that has been handed down from generation to generation in a marriage ceremony is a lovely way to make the wedding all the more special.

 Imagine incorporating this gorgeous antique Sultanabad rug in your ceremony.

But there’s no need to worry that you must use an antique rug: you and your betrothed can purchase a new rug for use in your wedding, with the hope that your own children and grandchildren will use the rug in their own ceremonies in 25 or 30 years.

This is one reason why a fine Oriental or Persian rug makes a lovely engagement or wedding gift.

What’s more, Persian rugs are so beautiful, why not use see if you can find several (gathered from family and friends) to use as a runner as the bride walks down the aisle toward her groom at the start of the ceremony?

All the better if these are family heirlooms from both the bride’s and groom’s families, as placing the rugs end to end down the aisle can be a lovely symbol of how the engaged couple are beginning a new life together as part of two families, while walking upon the rugs before and after the ceremony symbolizes how generations before them (as symbolized by the heirloom rugs) have resulted in their union.

If you’d like to purchase a fine Persian or Oriental rug for your upcoming marriage – or if you’d like to purchase a rug as a wedding gift – contact Behnam Rugs.  Give us a call at 972-733-4000.

By Alen Erfanian (Alen Erfanian) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons