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  2. Āina-kāri - Wikipedia

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    Āina-kāri in the main hall of Emarat-e Badgir in Golestan Palace. Āina-kāri [1] (Persian: آینه‌کاری, Urdu: آئینہ کاری) is a kind of interior decoration where artists assemble finely cut mirrors together in geometric, calligraphic or foliage forms (inspired by flowers and other plants). [2]

  3. Poshti (furniture) - Wikipedia

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    Poshti (Persian: پشتی) is a backrest cushion upholstered with rug fragments. It is a traditional piece of furniture and part of the Iranian culture . Similar in appearance to a pillow but sturdier in material, poshti can have a square or rectangular shape.

  4. Iranian handicrafts - Wikipedia

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    Persian carpet. Abadeh rug, type of carpet with a large diamond pattern; Afshar rugs, carpets from the Turkic Afshar tribe; Ardabil Carpet, the name of two different famous Safavid carpets which became a style [3] Dilmaghani, the oldest existing manufacturers of hand knotted carpets; Gabbeh, a type of Persian nomadic carpet

  5. Ancient furniture - Wikipedia

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    Woods such as olive wood were used to make furniture in ancient Israel. Other materials were still used. Ivory was a particularly common resource. It was used to make wardrobes and round lace-like openwork plaques. Ivory was used to make inlaid furniture in Samaria. They would also have patterns of colored paste with precious stones coated with ...

  6. Pictorial carpet - Wikipedia

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    The very concept and expectations of Persian rugs slowly started to change over the past 25 years. The original tableau rug, also known as pictorial carpet is not known when it was weaved together but some of the old rugs back in 19th & 20th century show that the similar type design were used such as hunting scene in Isfahan or Qum carpet as well as floral design in Isfahan and Tabriz carpet.

  7. List of furniture types - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of furniture types. Furniture can be free-standing or built-in to a building. [1] They typically include pieces such as chairs, tables, storage units, and desks. [1] These objects are usually kept in a house or other building to make it suitable or comfortable for living or working in.

  8. Kubachi ware - Wikipedia

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    Kubachi ware is a style of Persian pottery. Though it takes its name from the town of Kubachi in Dagestan , modern-day Russia , scholars believe that Kubachi ware pieces were created during the Safavid Period in the northwestern part of what is now Iran. [ 1 ]

  9. Shiraz rug - Wikipedia

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    A Shiraz carpet (Persian: قالی شیراز) is a type of Persian rug made in the villages around the city of Shiraz, in the Iranian province of Fars.. Designs tend to come from settled tribal weavers so they mimic Qashqai, Khamseh (Basseri and Khamseh Arabs), Afshar, Abadeh and Luri designs.