Ispahann.
/ˈɪspəhɑːn/ Used attributively and elliptically to designate a type of hand-woven rug, the most distinguished of which were produced in Ispahan in the 16th century.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > rug > Persian or Iranian
Mir1900
Sarouk1900
Saraband1901
Sehna1901
Kashan1905
Afshar1909
Bakhtiari1922
Kashgai1922
Feraghan1929
polonaise1930
Ispahan1931
Qum1962
1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets ii. 32 From the succeeding court came, during the sixteenth century, the ‘Ispahan’ rugs so greatly esteemed by collectors.
1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets iii. 61 A fourth group of superior rugs, distinguished by pattern of palmette and now called Ispahan.
1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 149/2 Ispahan carpets, Persian carpets or rugs, often employing medallion or vase designs..in a wide range of colours, the composition being very well balanced.
1969 ‘W. Haggard’ Doubtful Disciple xv. 166 The dealers call them Isfahans and..know they're Heratis.
1969 B. Weil Dossier IX v. 38 A carpet that..Asher could see was an Isfahan.
1970 V. Canning Great Affair iv. 50 He took the heavy Passavant carpet from the floor..added a smaller Ispahan rug.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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