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2. 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 ...

3. Oriental rug - Wikipedia

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   Occasional reports appear about carpets and rugs being bought in Venice. In a series of letters [136] from Venice dated 18 August - 13 October 1506, [137] the Renaissance painter Albrecht Dürer mentions "two nice and large" carpets which he bought for a friend amongst other luxury goods. Objects of courtly representation and prestige initially ...

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Oriental Carpet Manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   Rugs were traditionally woven in Anatolia.Surviving carpets in Anatolian mosques have been dated back to the 13th century Seljuk Sultanate of Rum. [2] [3] [4] Their depiction in a large number of Renaissance paintings demonstrates that carpets and rugs were already exported to Western Europe from the 14th century onwards, where they were regarded as highly prestigious luxury goods.

7. Sultanabad rugs and carpets - Wikipedia

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   Beginning in the second half of the nineteenth century, a large increase in demand for Persian rugs by Western consumers transformed a millennia old art form. During the late 19th century, in 1883, the Manchester , England, based Anglo-Swiss firm of Ziegler & Co . established a manufactory , the sole objective of which was to produce Sultanabad ...