A Persian carpet (Persian: فرش ایرانی, romanized: farš-e irâni [ˈfærʃe ʔfarˈsi]) or Persian rug (Persian: قالی ایرانی, romanized: qâli-ye irâni [ɢɒːˈliːje...

A carpet is a textile floor covering typically consisting of an upper layer of pile attached to a backing. The pile was traditionally made from wool, but...

"delightfully embroidered" Persian carpet with "preposterous shapes of griffins". The Pazyryk carpet, a Scythian pile-carpet dating back to the 4th century...

a huge market was created for Persian carpets in Europe and in the US. Many merchants bought the old and antique Persian rugs from all over Iran and exported...

The Ardabil Carpet (or Ardebil Carpet) is the name of two different famous Persian carpets, the larger and better-known now in the Victoria and Albert...

and the Senneh/Persian knot, typical of Anatolian carpets and Persian carpets, are the two primary knots. A flat or tapestry woven carpet, without pile...

the so-called "rug belt", the Persian carpet stands out by the variety and elaborateness of its designs. Persian carpets and rugs of various types were...

called “Islamic Carpets”, and the term “oriental rug” is used mainly for convenience. The carpets from Iran are known as “Persian Carpets”. In 2010, the...

Holmes: The Mystery of the Persian Carpet was released in mid-2008. Unlike the preceding games, The Mystery of the Persian Carpet is primarily an object hunt...

Pseudobiceros bedfordi (common names Persian carpet flatworm and Bedford's flatworm) is a species of flatworm in the family Pseudocerotidae. This species...

finest Islamic carpets of the period, and few of the top-quality Turkish "court" carpets are seen. Even finer than these, Persian carpets do not appear...

Gabbeh or gabba (Persian: گبه) carpets are a traditional variety of Persian carpet. Gabbeh is known as gava in Kurdish and Luri and is also called khersak...

Iranians to mark Nowruz, the Persian New Year, on 20 March 2009. The poem is also inscribed on a large hand-made carpet installed in 2005 on the wall...

A Tabriz rug or carpet is a type in the general category of Persian carpets from the city of Tabriz, the capital city of East Azerbaijan province in northwest...

matte medium Persian blue, but since the 1980s, they have been bound in glossy Persian blue. Persian carpets When blue Persian carpets are produced in...

Kerman carpets (sometimes "Kirman") are one of the traditional classifications of Persian carpets. Kerman is both a city and a province located in south...

The Baharestan Carpet, or Bahār-e Kasrā (Persian: بهار کسری, from Middle Persian Vahār-i Khosrow; meaning "The spring of Khosrow"), also known as Farš-e...

The Coronation Carpet is a Persian carpet owned by the Danish royal family. It is stored at Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen. According to the Royal Danish...

thing for the critic to find," "my secret," "like a complex figure in a Persian carpet." The narrator racks his brains and, in desperation, tells his friend...

beside Laleh Park, and founded in 1976, the Carpet Museum of Iran exhibits a variety of Persian carpets from all over Iran. The museum's exhibition hall...

Edithcolea is a monotypic genus with a single species Edithcolea grandis (Persian carpet flower). Once classified in the family Asclepiadaceae, it is now in...

been one of the centres for production of the famous Persian carpet (or rug). Isfahani carpets are renowned for their high quality. The most famous workshop...

Varamin carpets and rugs or Veramin carpets and rugs (Persian: قالی و فرش ورامین) are carpets and rugs woven in city of Varamin and its surrounding area...

Persian green is a color used in pottery and Persian carpets in Iran. It is also utilized in the architecture of religious places. Other colors associated...

periods being especially close to book-covers and Persian carpets, and it is thought that many carpet designs were created by court artists and sent to...

Persian Carpet Guide. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2016. "Kurd Soumak Bagface Late 19th C". Persian Carpet Guide...

pronounced Eid al-Azha and Eidul Azha, primarily in Iran and influenced by the Persian language like the Indian subcontinent; /ˌiːd əl ˈɑːdə, - ˈɑːdhɑː/ EED əl...

Axminster broadlooms to make something closely resembling a handwoven Persian carpet. These rugs were then marketed under the invented name "Karastan" with...

wrote a text book on Persian Carpets, which is still in print today. Rugs were traditionally woven in Anatolia. Surviving carpets in Anatolian mosques...

Mystery, and Lore of the Persian Carpet. Simon and Schuster. p. 47. ISBN 9780743264211. Knot counts appear in almost every carpet book, catalogue, and auction...