Khotann.

/kəʊˈtɑːn/

Forms: Also Khoten.

Etymology: Name of a city and district on the south of the Takla Makan desert in Chinese Turkestan.

Used attributively and elliptically to designate a carpet or rug made in Khotan, usually with Chinese geometrical patterns or stylized natural designs.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > Oriental > Turkestan

Khotan1871

Kashgar1900

Turkoman carpet1901

Tekke Bokhara1911

Yarkand1913

Saryk1922

Turkoman1962

1871 R. B. Shaw Visits to High Tartary xii. 259 There is a large covered reception-place with a verandah in front of all. Here an immense Khoten carpet is spread with rugs along the back.

1899 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea I. xvi. 362 The English can only be artistic in spots and by way of the art of other nations—Sicilian tapestries, Persian saddle-bags, Khoten carpets.

1904 M. B. Langton How to know Oriental Rugs viii. 228 Bayard Taylor, in his Travels, speaks of the beautiful Khotan carpets which were spread on divans in the ‘royal rest’ rooms near Yarkand.

1920 E. Sykes & P. Sykes Through Deserts & Oases Central Asia iv. 82 The old Khotan carpets, their colours made from vegetable dyes, were attractive, and the silk carpets are highly prized and very difficult to obtain.

1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets x. 224 Khotan rugs of the ancient vintage, with geometric blocked design, numerous borders, half-Chinese and half-Persian,..are the outstanding jewels of the Chinese Turkestan family.

1960 G. Digby & C. W. Digby tr. H. Haack Oriental Rugs vii. 56 Kashgar and Khotan are the names by which these carpets are more properly known; they show a strong Chinese influence in their design.

1967 Times 21 Feb. 21/4 (advt.) An extremely rare and beautiful 18th century Khotan carpet, 12 ft. 7 in. × 7 ft. 4 in.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	khotan
释义	Khotann. /kəʊˈtɑːn/ Forms: Also Khoten. Etymology: Name of a city and district on the south of the Takla Makan desert in Chinese Turkestan. Used attributively and elliptically to designate a carpet or rug made in Khotan, usually with Chinese geometrical patterns or stylized natural designs. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > Oriental > Turkestan Khotan1871 Kashgar1900 Turkoman carpet1901 Tekke Bokhara1911 Yarkand1913 Saryk1922 Turkoman1962 1871 R. B. Shaw Visits to High Tartary xii. 259 There is a large covered reception-place with a verandah in front of all. Here an immense Khoten carpet is spread with rugs along the back. 1899 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea I. xvi. 362 The English can only be artistic in spots and by way of the art of other nations—Sicilian tapestries, Persian saddle-bags, Khoten carpets. 1904 M. B. Langton How to know Oriental Rugs viii. 228 Bayard Taylor, in his Travels, speaks of the beautiful Khotan carpets which were spread on divans in the ‘royal rest’ rooms near Yarkand. 1920 E. Sykes & P. Sykes Through Deserts & Oases Central Asia iv. 82 The old Khotan carpets, their colours made from vegetable dyes, were attractive, and the silk carpets are highly prized and very difficult to obtain. 1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets x. 224 Khotan rugs of the ancient vintage, with geometric blocked design, numerous borders, half-Chinese and half-Persian,..are the outstanding jewels of the Chinese Turkestan family. 1960 G. Digby & C. W. Digby tr. H. Haack Oriental Rugs vii. 56 Kashgar and Khotan are the names by which these carpets are more properly known; they show a strong Chinese influence in their design. 1967 Times 21 Feb. 21/4 (advt.) An extremely rare and beautiful 18th century Khotan carpet, 12 ft. 7 in. × 7 ft. 4 in. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871
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