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2. Sultanabad rugs and carpets - Wikipedia

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   Western designers modified classical Persian designs, marking the first time westerners directly affected Persian designs (beyond influence through market demand). In step with the beginning of the Arts and Crafts Movement, Ziegler modified designs to be larger size, along with a larger rug size to suit western room specifications. Arak's ...

3. Gabbeh - Wikipedia

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   The word "gabbeh" comes from the Persian گبه, meaning raw, natural, uncut. This is a rough and primitive carpet. [2] Gabbeh patterns are of a very basic kind with only a limited number of decorative, mostly rectangular objects resembling mainly animals. In gabbeh usually bright colors, such as yellow and red, are used.

4. Isfahan rug - Wikipedia

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   Isfahan rugs are knotted on either silk or cotton foundations, with up to 1.000.000 Persian knots/sqm(there have been pieces created by Seirafian master workshop with higher knot count), using exceptionally good quality (referred to as kork wool in Iran) wool for the pile, which is normally clipped quite low. In the beginning of the renewal of ...

5. Persian carpet - Wikipedia

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   A Persian carpet (Persian: فرش ایرانی, romanized: farš-e irâni [ˈfærʃe ʔiː.ɹɒː.níː]), Persian rug (Persian: قالی ایرانی, romanized: qâli-ye irâni [ɢɒːˈliːje ʔiː.ɹɒː.níː]), [1] or Iranian carpet is a heavy textile made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purposes and produced in Iran ...

6. Kerman carpet - Wikipedia

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   Antique Persian Kerman rug Kerman has been a major center for the production of high quality carpets since at least the 15th century. By the 17th century, Kerman's designers were at their most inventive and their weaving techniques were sophisticated for compared to other parts of the Persian empire.

7. Iranian handicrafts - Wikipedia

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   Gabbeh, a type of Persian nomadic carpet; Heriz rug, type of carpet with copper in the wool and bold patterns with a large medallion; Shiraz rug, a type of Persian carpet; Tabriz rug, genre of carpets found in Tabriz; Kilims, flat woven rug or tapestry [4] Zili , type of Kilim; Soumak, flat woven rug, bedding, or tapestry; a stronger and ...