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Kulah1|ˈkuːlə| Also Koula(h), Kula. The name of a town in W. Turkey used attrib. or ellipt. to denote a rug using the Ghiordes knot made there.
c1882Cardinal & Harford's Price List Oriental Carpets & Rugs 13 Koula rugs and mats. Various qualities, bright colours, Red usually predominant. 1899Northern Times (Golspie, Sutherland) 22 June 1/5 (Advt.), About 600 to 800 Oriental and other Rugs, from 4s 9d upwards, including..Koula. 1900J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs x. 150 The narrow stripe with undulating pattern, referred to as a characteristic of all Ghiordes, antique and modern, is rarely found in pure Kulahs. Ibid., In design the modern Kulahs have nothing characteristic. 1904M. B. Langton How to Know Oriental Rugs v. 165 The antique Koulah prayer-rug differs from the Ghiordes in various ways. 1931A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets vi. 164 Ghiordes and Kula prayer rugs were made in adjacent cities. 1962C. W. Jacobsen Oriental Rugs 248 With their close neighbours, Ghiordes, Kulahs share the position of being one of the rarest and most sought after of all Oriental Rugs. 1972P. L. Phillips tr. Formenton's Oriental Rugs & Carpets 94 Kula rugs, like most Anatolian rugs..have no special distinguishing motif and so are difficult to identify. |