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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 ...
The carpets from Iran are known as “Persian Carpets”. [6] [7] In 2010, the “traditional skills of carpet weaving” in the Iranian province of Fārs, [8] the Iranian town of Kashan, [9] and the “traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving” in the Republic of Azerbaijan" [10] were inscribed to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage ...
Gabbeh carpets are much thicker and coarser than other Persian carpets; sometimes they can be as much as one inch or 2.5 cm in depth. In fact, they are more a variety of kilim than carpet. The word "gabbeh" comes from the Persian گبه, meaning raw, natural, uncut. This is a rough and primitive carpet. [2]
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 meaning of the term carpet shifted in the 15th century to refer to floor coverings. [5] The terms carpet and rug are often used interchangeably. A carpet is sometimes defined as stretching from wall to wall. [6] Another definition treats rugs as of lower quality or of smaller size, with carpets quite often having finished ends.
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.
Etymology: probably from Persian چینی chini literally meaning Chinese. a woolen fabric in use during the 17th and 18th centuries. [77] Chick Hindi सिक ciq, from Persian چیق chiq. a screen used in India and southeast Asia especially for a doorway and constructed of bamboo slips loosely bound by vertical strings and often painted. [78]
The first World Oriental Carpet Exhibition in 1891 in Vienna and another one in London in 1892 created a rising demand for Persian rugs in the west. Companies such as the British-Italian Nearco Castelli Brothers and the Eastern Rug Trading Company of New York established their branches in 1909 in Tabriz and later in Kerman.