Persian Carpets

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

Content

• 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.

Source

• (Multiple Authors)
• Originally Published: December 15, 1990
• Last Updated: December 15, 1990
• This article is available in print.
• Vol. IV, Fasc. 8, p. 834