Oriental rugs

Oriental rugs

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Oriental rugs

Ardebil carpets

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

A pair of palace size Persian rugs woven on silk foundation with about 300 knots per square feet. The two were produced around 1535-1540 and are currently housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum in ...

Armenian rugs

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

A group of rugs with Armenian inscription which were woven in Iran, Turkey and the Caucasus. Many were produced in the Caucasian town of Karabagh in the 19th century.

Ashkhabad

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

Turkmenistan city and home of the modern "5 year plan factory turkoman".

Asmalyk

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

Camel-flank hangings, presumably always made in pairs. The most usual form is pentagonal but there are some rare heptagonal examples known. Large rectangular weavings by the Salor with indented "T' ...

Assadabad

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

Hamadan Area herati designed rugs with nicely small central medallion.

Asymmetrical knot (Persian knot)

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

One of the two major knot types used in oriental rugs - the symmetrical knot being the other. Both knots usually wrap around two strands of warp. The Persian knot (also termed Senneh) can be either ...

Aubusson

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

A centre of French Aubusson rugs production which began in the mid 17th century. At first, Aubusson rugs woven were based on Turkish models but from the mid 19th century, designs began competing with ...