Pile rug (hand-knotted) قالی

A pile rug is a rug whose surface is a pile of cut yarn. Short lengths of yarn are knotted around pairs of warps between rows of weft, then cut, and the cut ends stand up to form the design. In Persian such a carpet is a qali; a small one is a qalicheh.

Also hand-knotted rug · knotted-pile carpet · pile carpet · qali · ghali

See also Flatweave, Qalicheh, Qali

Last reviewed November 2026