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Khorassan|kɒrəˈsɑːn|
Also -asan, Khurasan.
Name of a province in north-east Iran, used attrib. and ellipt. to designate a carpet or rug made there, usu. with vivid colouring and fine silky texture.
1900J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs xi. 218 The realism which marks certain carpets of the Feraghan group is fairly outdone in many of the proper Khorassans. 1904M. B. Langton How to know Oriental Rugs ii. 68 The Khorasan is a most satisfactory rug, beautiful in colour, durable, and pliable. 1931A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets Pl. 25 (caption) Khorassan Prayer Rug. Characteristic minute floral pattern, Herati, with border of narrow bands. 1931C. Tattersall Carpets of Persia 39 Mashhad. Much like Khorasans, but with shorter and closer pile. 1962C. W. Jacobsen Oriental Rugs 238 No rugs have been imported as Khurasans in the past 20 years. 1971K. Watson tr. Hubel's Bk. Carpets 213 Another peculiarity of the ground-weave of the Khorassan carpet is the weft: the thick straight weft is covered by the thin sinuous weft threads accompanying it. |