City rug (workshop rug) قالی شهری

A city rug, or workshop rug, is woven to a designer's cartoon for a town-based maker or merchant, either in a town workshop or on contract in homes and villages around the town. City rugs are usually finely knotted, with floral designs, on cotton warps, which hold their shape better than wool. Kashan, Kerman, Isfahan, Tabriz and Mashhad are among the cities whose names they carry.

Also city carpet · workshop carpet · town rug · urban rug · urban carpet · city weave

See also Cartoon, Village rug, Tribal rug, Loom, Cotton, Knot density (KPSI)

Last reviewed November 2026