Kulahn.1
/ˈkuːlə/ Used attributively or elliptically to denote a rug using the Ghiordes knot made in Kulah.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > rug > Turkish
Smyrna rug1881
Turkey rug1881
Kulahc1882
Kir-Shehr1900
Mudjur1913
c1882 Cardinal & Harford's Price List Oriental Carpets & Rugs 13 Koula rugs and mats. Various qualities, bright colours, Red usually predominant.
1899 Northern Times (Golspie, Sutherland) 22 June 1/5 (advt.) About 600 to 800 Oriental and other Rugs, from 4s 9d upwards, including..Koula.
1900 J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs x. 150 The narrow stripe with undulating pattern, referred to as a characteristic of all Ghiordes, antique and modern, is rarely found in pure Kulahs.
1900 J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs x. 150 In design the modern Kulahs have nothing characteristic.
1904 M. B. Langton How to know Oriental Rugs v. 165 The antique Koulah prayer-rug differs from the Ghiordes in various ways.
1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets vi. 164 Ghiordes and Kula prayer rugs were made in adjacent cities.
1962 C. W. Jacobsen Oriental Rugs 248 With their close neighbours, Ghiordes, Kulahs share the position of being one of the rarest and most sought after of all Oriental Rugs.
1972 P. L. Phillips tr. F. Formenton Oriental Rugs & Carpets 94 Kula rugs, like most Anatolian rugs..have no special distinguishing motif and so are difficult to identify.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
kulahn.2
/ˈkuːlə/ (See quot. 1969.)
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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > headgear > [noun] > turban > part of
tarboosh1702
fez1803
kulah1920
1920 Chambers's Jrnl. 29 May 408/1 Dark-blue pugris, with red and white silk stripes, tied round a kulla or conical skull-cap of scarlet.
1952 J. Masters Deceivers xi. 125 The prisoner second from the left wore a Mohammedan kulla under his turban.
1969 R. T. Wilcox Dict. Costume (1970) 189/1 Kulah, a conical cap of felt or lamb-skin, the headgear of Middle Eastern monks and dervishes.
1971 R. Dentry Encounter at Kharmel iii. 45 The men wore round kullah caps, ragged chogas over long grey tunics, and scarves.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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