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17 March 2010
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Rug lexicon - C
Carpet
( Rug )
Fabric floor covering.
Book search: CARPET
Chahar Mahal
"Chahar Mahal is a large area with ca. 50 villages between Ispahan and the Zagros-mountains. Nomads from the Lori-Bahktiari tribes used the area for their summer-camps for many centuries, probably together with a Kurdish tribe."
Source:
Sonny Berntsson, AKREP: http://home.swipnet.se/akrep-orientalrugs/12E%20Chahar%20Mahal.htm
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Book search: CHAHAR MAHAL
Chodor
( Chawdor Chowdur Choudor Chaudor )
A Turkmen tribe inhabiting the Khiva area of Turkestan. The field color in their rugs are often a distinctive purple-brown.
Source: The Oriental Rug Lexicon by Peter F. Stone
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Book search: CHODOR
Chuval
( Juval Joval )
Turkmen storage bag with pile surface.
Book search: CHUVAL
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