An oriental rug is a heavy textile made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purposes and produced in "Oriental countries" for home use, local...
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Persian carpet (redirect from Persian Rug)
Persian culture and Iranian art. Within the group of Oriental rugs produced by the countries of the "rug belt", the Persian carpet stands out by the variety...
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carpet Konya Carpets and Rugs Milas carpet Ushak carpet Yürük rug Oriental carpet Armenian carpet Kurdish rugs Persian rug Turkmen rug "Journal of History...
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(ablution) before prayer, and must pray in a clean place. Prayer rugs are also used by some Oriental Orthodox Christians for Christian prayer involving prostrations...
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Carpet (redirect from Antique Rug)
similarly to woven fabric, made using needle felts, knotted by hand (in oriental rugs), made with their pile injected into a backing material (called tufting)...
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Orient (redirect from Oriental world)
the West to mean cultures, peoples, countries, Asian rugs, and goods from the Orient. "Oriental" means generally "eastern". It is a traditional designation...
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Kilim (redirect from Slit-woven rug)
کیلیم; Turkish: kilim; Turkmen: kilim ) is a flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug traditionally produced in countries of the former Persian Empire, including...
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[Europe and the Oriental Rug] (in German) (1st ed.). Mainz: Florian Kupferberg Verlag. p. 49. Raby, Julian (1982). Venice, Dürer, and the oriental mode (1. publ...
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carpet weaving Flooring Gabbeh Heatsetting Knot density Oriental rugs Tapestry Moroccan rugs "RUG | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary". dictionary...
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Ushak carpet (redirect from Ushak rug)
Murray L. Oriental Rugs.Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976. ISBN 978-0-8212-0643-0 Neff, Ivan C. and Carol V. Maggs. Dictionary of Oriental Rugs. London:...
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Tibetan rug making is an ancient, traditional craft. Tibetan rugs are traditionally made from Tibetan highland sheep's wool, called changpel. Tibetans...
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of Oriental Rugs. London: AD. Donker LTD, 1977. ISBN 978-0-949937-35-3 Gardiner, Roger F. “Spuhler Revisited: Further Thoughts on the West Berlin Rug Catalog...
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bag is a top-opening travelling bag made of carpet, commonly from an oriental rug. It was a popular form of luggage in the United States and Europe in...
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carpets, rugs, and rugs to Afghan families, meaning it was mostly bought by non-residents. One of the most exotic and distinctive of all oriental rugs is the...
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Sumac may refer to: Soumak rug (also spelt Soumakh, Sumak, Sumac, or Soumac), a type of weft-wrapped flatwoven Oriental rug Sumac (band), a 2010s American/Canadian...
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2024. Sadrabadi, Kayvon (2019). The Art of Oriental Rugs - A Weaver's Perspective. p. 1600. "Balochi rug woven in Balochistan, 20th century , among the...
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Oriental Rugs, Volume 2: Persian. Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: Antique Collectors' Club. p. 215. ISBN 0-907462-12X Bennett, Ian, ed. (1977). Rugs &...
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pile by performing a chemical test. "Is Your Silk Oriental Rug Made of Real Silk?". Jacobsen rugs. Archived from the original on June 14, 2002. Retrieved...
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the book, Oriental Rugs, by John Kimberly Mumford, published 1900, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York. [3] Stone, Peter F. The Oriental Rug Lexicon. Seattle:...
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Dictionary of Oriental Rugs. London: AD. Donker LTD, 1977. ISBN 978-0-949937-35-3 "Kurdish Rug Motif Designs and Their Meanings". Kurdish Rugs. Retrieved...
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number of people increased in the Western world who could afford buying oriental rugs. The regions around the towns of Konya and Uşak were the traditional...
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followed, Swedish rug-makers often infused their works with themes and motifs traditionally found in Oriental rugs. Eventually, Swedish rug-makers would begin...
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Oriental rugs, a complete guide. Tokyo, Rutland, Vt., C. E. Tuttle Co. pp. 265–267. ISBN 978-1462904150. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rugs and...
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Jämtland, Sweden. Eventually, Scandinavians themselves produced rugs influenced by the oriental rug design. Ryas in Norway have dated back to the early 15th...
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Soumak (redirect from Soumak rug)
Haack, Hermann; Wingfield Digby, George & Cornelia (trans.) (1960). Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Guide. Faber & Faber. pp. 25–26. Wendorf, Michael (November...
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The Oriental Rug Retailers of America (ORRA) is a non-profit organization[citation needed] that was founded over 40 years ago to promote ethical practices...
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Indian jewellery store chain Oria, Apulia, village in southern Italy Oriental Rug Retailers of America Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act of 2017, a proposed...
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Suzani (textile) (redirect from Suzani rug)
Ikat Iznik pottery Khatam Kilim Miniature Oriental rug Paan dan Persian carpet Soumak Suzani Tapis Turkmen rug Turkish carpet Zardozi Clothing Abaya Agal...
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Azerbaijani carpet (redirect from Azerbaijani rug)
Azerbaijani carpet (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan xalçası) is a traditional carpet (rug) made in Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani carpet is a handmade textile of various...
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Dilmaghani (section Oriental rugs)
family, the oldest existing manufacturers of hand knotted carpets and oriental rugs, can be traced back to the 1850s Qajar dynasty, Persia. In an industry...
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