Persian weave
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Persian weave is a method of weave
Weave
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 used in jewelry and other art forms. When used for making chains, the Persian weave makes a dense chain with a fascinating ring pattern. Persian weaves works best with relatively large rings.

The Persian family of weaves is a "rope" type weave based on a stacked
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 ring orientation. In the construction of Persian
Persian people
The Persian people are part of the Iranian peoples who speak the modern Persian language and closely akin Iranian dialects and languages. The origin of the ethnic Iranian/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians and themselves part of...

 weaves the rings become stacked and form pairs, resulting in a different grain
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and a thicker, tighter weave. Most Persian weaves have both left and right-handed versions.

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