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Kashmar کاشمر

Kashmar, the former Torshiz, is a town in Razavi Khorasan province, north-east Iran, south-west of Mashhad. Kashmar rugs are city rugs knotted in wool on cotton, often in floral medallion-and-corner (lachak toranj) designs.

Also Kashamr · Kaschmar · Keshmar · Torshiz · Turshiz

See also Khorasan, Mashhad, Lachak Toranj, City rug (workshop rug)

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