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Detail of an allover repeat pattern of leaves (bōteh) on the field of a Shīrāz rug, 19th century; in the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C.
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Detail of an allover repeat pattern of leaves (bōteh) on the field of a Shīrāz rug, 19th century; in the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C.
Detail of an allover repeat pattern of leaves (bōteh) on the field of a Shīrāz rug, 19th century; in the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C.

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Shīrāz rug, handwoven floor covering made in the district around the city of Shīrāz in southern Iran. The best known are the Qashqāʾī rugs, products of nomadic peoples. A group of tribes—some Arab, some Turkish, forming the Khamseh Confederation—weaves rugs somewhat similar to the Qashqāʾī pieces in a variety of patterns, as do the inhabitants of certain Iranian weaving villages in the locality of Shīrāz. One may find both the symmetrical and asymmetrical knots from this area. Shīrāz rugs frequently display rectilinear medallions in polygonal or diamond form, often with three diamonds connected by a “pole.” Arrangements of manifold narrow ...(100 of 132 words)

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