Kirmanshahn.
/kᵻmɑːnˈʃɑː/ Used confusedly (frequently attributively) to designate a carpet made in Kirman, usually one with white field and flowered medallion and borders. See Kirman n.The confusion with Kirman seems to have arisen because of the similarity of the two names and the great importance of Kirmanshah as a wool-trading town.
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Persian carpet1583
Persian1653
Persian rug1844
Tabriz1859
Kirman1876
Mecca1892
Karadagh1900
Khorassan1900
Kirmanshah1900
Shiraz1900
Hamadan1901
Shah Abbas1901
garden carpet1908
mahal1911
vase carpet1915
Nain1953
1900 J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs xi. 188 In design, the best of the Kermanshahs affect the floral treatment.
1904 M. B. Langton How to know Oriental Rugs ii. 78 There are a few antiques in this country; but the modern Kirman or Kermanshah rug, made throughout the district, rivals the old.
1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets Pl. 20 (caption) Kerman, Southeast Persia (mistakenly called Kermanshah).
1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets iv. 94 Some fifty years ago, large flower-strewn medallion patterns with graceful pendants and floriated corners were devised and applied to large carpets by weavers working for Tabriz rug-merchants who saw in the fine Kerman workmanship opportunity for commercial enterprise. These rugs and carpets were called Kermanshah, to permanent confusion with the rug-weavings of the city of that name located miles to the west.
1969 C. W. Jacobsen Check Points How to buy Oriental Rugs vii. 133 The Kirmanshah was never a correct name for these rugs because they were woven in and around Kirman, while the town of Kirmanshah was 1,000 miles to the west.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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