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Kurdish rugs (Kurdish: فەرشی کوردی) are rugs woven by Kurds in Kurdistan. When referring to Kurdish rugs within the rug industry, one is referring to those made within Iranian Kurdistan.

Kurdish Carpet with Hexagonal Compartments, Southeast Anatolia, early 19th century. Gift of James F. Ballard, 89:1929
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Kurdish rugs (Kurdish: فەرشی کوردی) are rugs woven by Kurds in Kurdistan. When referring to Kurdish rugs within the rug industry, one is referring to those made within Iranian Kurdistan. 1

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Kurdish rugs”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1

Kurdish rug is any of a variety of carpets made by Kurdish peoples, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2

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