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2. Caucasian carpets and rugs - Wikipedia

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   Soumak flat-weave rug from Quba Rayon or Daghestan, mid-19th century. Caucasian carpets and rugs are primarily made in villages, rather than in cities. [ 1 ] They are made from materials particular to individual tribal provinces, the rugs of the Caucasus normally display bold geometric designs in primary colors.

3. 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 ...

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.

5. Oriental rug - Wikipedia

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   The explorer Mark Aurel Stein found flat-woven kilims dating to at least the fourth or fifth century AD in Turpan, East Turkestan, China, an area which still produces carpets today. Rug fragments were also found in the Lop Nur area, and are woven in symmetrical knots, with 5-7 interwoven wefts after each row of knots, with a striped design, and ...

6. Tibetan rug - Wikipedia

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   Tibetan khaden (sleeping rugs) with designs typical of 19th century weavings. Tibetan carpets from the 19th century (perhaps earlier, though mostly carpets from the 19th century survive) are relatively restrained in terms of design and coloring, carpet makers at that time being restricted to a narrow range of natural dyes including madder (red), indigo (blue), Tibetan rhubarb (yellow) and ...

7. Carolina shag - Wikipedia

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   The Carolina shag is a partner dance done primarily to beach music (100–130+ beats per minute in 4/4 time signature). The shag is a recognized dance in modern national and international dance competitions. It became the official state dance of South Carolina in 1984 [1] and the official popular dance of North Carolina in 2005. [2]