Oriental rugs

Oriental rugs

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Oriental rugs

Ketken

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

Plant used as a mordant in treating yarn before dyeing.

Khali

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

(1) main carpet; (2) (Turkmen) pile rug, related to the Turkish word for rug (Hali).

Khalyk

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

(Turkmen) long narrow small rug hung on the chest of the wedding camel.

A group of five tribes occupying southwestern Iran. The area is known for the production of tribal rugs with designs of geometric flowers and animals scattered randomly throughout the field. Material ...

Khorassan

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

A province in northeast Iran which includes the city of Mashad as its leading rug weaving center. Khorassan rugs are woven on cotton foundation, many use the jufti knot (see entry) and resemble the ...

Loom

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

The basic frame used for weaving. Two horizontal beams are used to tie the vertical warps and hold them tightly in place. Looms can be either horizontal or vertical. Horizontal looms are small, used ...

Luri (Lori)

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

A tribe of black-tent nomads and settled villagers, long established in the northern and central Zagros mountains of south Persia, politically and linguistically linked to the Bahktiari. They make ...