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Pardeh پرده

Pardeh is Persian for curtain. As a rug size, pardeh-i names a rug of about 150 by 250 cm; one Persian source keeps the name for finely woven rugs of that size, and another stretches it to about 170 by 280 cm.

Also Pardeh-i · Pardei · curtain size

See also Qalicheh, Qali

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Pardeh: a detail of Qashqai Luri Tribal Persian Rug with Triple Diamond Medallions Fars Province, c. 1940s–60s, 244x144cm
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