The field guide · Bags, covers and cushions
Sofreh سفره
A sofreh is a cloth spread on the floor to hold food at meals; in everyday Persian the word also covers a tablecloth. Tribal weavers make flatwoven sofrehs as ground cloths for meals and for bread.
Also Sofra · Sufreh · bread cloth · eating cloth
See also Namakdan (salt bag), Soumak, Kilim
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