CARPETS, (qālī; Ar. and Pers. farš), heavy textiles used as coverings for floors, walls, and other large surfaces, as well as for various kinds of furnishing.

i. Introductory survey

ii. Raw materials and dyes

iii. Knotted-pile carpets. Techniques and structures

iv. Knotted-pile carpets. Designs, motifs, and patterns

v. Flat-woven carpets. Techniques and structures

vi. Pre-Islamic carpets

vii. Islamic Persia to the Mongols

viii. Il-khanid and Timurid periods

ix. Safavid period

x. Afsharid and Zand periods

xi. Qajar period

xii. Pahlavi period

xiii. Post-Pahlavi period

xiv. Tribal carpets (See also Baluchistan v. Baluch Carpets).

xv. Caucasian Carpets

xvi. Central Asian Carpets

(Multiple Authors)

Originally Published: December 15, 1990

Last Updated: December 15, 1990

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