The field guide · Kinds of rug
Persian rug (Iranian rug)
A Persian rug is a rug woven in Iran, historically called Persia. The name describes its geographical origin. Persian weaving includes many regional and community traditions, with both knotted pile rugs and flatweaves. A design alone does not establish where a rug was woven.
Also Persian carpet
See also Persian-design rug, Attribution, Pile rug (hand-knotted), Flatweave
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