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2. Sarouk Persian carpets - Wikipedia

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   From the 1910s to 1950s, the "American Sarouk", also known as the "painted Sarouk", was produced. American customers had an affinity for the Sarouk’s curvilinear and floral designs. What they did not appreciate, however, was the color, so for much of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, rugs exported from Iran were dyed to a desirable, deep, raspberry ...

3. Persian carpet - Wikipedia

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   Dozar or Sedjadeh: The term comes from Persian do, "two" and zar, a Persian measure corresponding to about 105 centimetres (41 inches). Carpets of Dozar size are approximately 130–140 cm (51–55 in) x 200–210 cm (79–83 in). Ghalitcheh (Persian: قالیچه ): Carpet of Dozar format, but woven in very fine quality.

4. Tabriz rug - Wikipedia

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   A Tabriz rug or carpet is a type in the general category of Persian carpets [ 1][ 2][ 3] from the city of Tabriz, the capital city of East Azerbaijan province in northwest of Iran. It is one of the oldest rug weaving centers and makes a huge diversity of types of carpets. The range starts at Bazaar quality of 24 raj (Number of knots per 7 cm of ...

5. Prayer rug - Wikipedia

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   Museum of Islamic Art, Doha [ 1] A prayer rug or prayer mat is a piece of fabric, sometimes a pile carpet, used by Muslims, some Christians, especially in Orthodox Christianity and some Baha'i during prayer. In Islam, a prayer mat is placed between the ground and the worshipper for cleanliness during the various positions of Islamic prayer.

6. Isfahan rug - Wikipedia

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   Some Isfahani rugs became known in Western Europe as "Polish rugs" or "Polonaise rugs". This name refers to carpets woven with silk, golden, and silver threads in Persia during the 16th-18th centuries and exported to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. They were commissioned by wealthy Polish noblemen and decorated with their coats of arms.

7. Oriental rug - Wikipedia

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   Islamic culture. 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 sale, and export. Oriental carpets can be pile woven or flat woven without pile, [ 1] using various materials such as silk, wool, cotton, jute and animal hair. [ 2]