Oriental rugs

Oriental rugs

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Oriental rugs

Luri

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 ...

Mahal

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

A name which is probably derived from the village of Mahallat in the Arak region. The term is also frequently referred to carpets from this region that have a medium weave and knot count, are woven ...

Kazak

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

In origin, a tribal name, now a town, river and district in the extreme west of Azerbaijan, the Caucasus. Kazak rugs are noted for their coarse, long-pile carpets with shiny wool and vigorous ...

Kejebe

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

(Turkmen) wedding litter placed on top of the camel, baskets for transporting a load.

Kellegi

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

A Persian word for a wide runner, for example 6 x 13.

Kepse gol

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

(Turkmen) pattern name for a motif seen only in Yomud Turkmen rugs and weavings.

Kerman

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

(1) elegant east persian traditional weaving center. (2) A city and province in southeastern Iran which is responsible for rug production since the Safavid empire in the 16th century. Major ...