Oriental rugs

Oriental rugs

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Oriental rugs

Agra

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

The capital of the Moghul dynasty in north central India which reached its golden age in culture, architecture and carpet weaving during the 16th and 17th centuries. From 1850, an organised structure ...

Aina gul

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

Turkmen word, literally translated as "mirror with horns". This pattern can be seen in some small Turkmen weaving such as chuvals or mafrash.

Ak chuval

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

Turkmen word, literally translated as "white chuval", a type of chuval with horizontal bands of pattern in pile and flat woven bands of plain weave, the elems are usually woven in pile with a white ...

Akkoyonlu

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

People of the white sheep historical central asian Turks.

Arabatchie, arabatchi

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

Weavings distinguished by a knot that is open left and often there is cotton in the wefting.

Arabesque

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

A very popular design in oriental rugs consisting of scrolling (or intertwining) vines, flowers, buds or branches. Arabasques can be either floral or geometric in nature.

Arak

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

Rug type which takes its name from the city and province in northwest Iran. Most Arak rug production took place in the late 19th century when European companies commissioned large oriental rugs for ...