Arak rug
Arak rugs, otherwise known as Arak carpets, are made in the province of Arak, Iran. Technically, all rugs from Arak can be considered Arak rugs but those termed Sarouk are marked as of the best quality, while the more general term Arak is used for rugs of lesser quality. Meshkabad used to be the term for the worst quality rugs, but such rugs are now called mahal or Arak. Araks are much more coarsely knotted than the rugs of than Sarouk rugs. Their designs are quite similar, although rather more crudely executed, and often display bold floral medallions set against open fields.[1][2]
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Rugs and carpets
- Azerbaijan Carpet Museum
- Carpet Museum of Iran
- Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah
- Brukenthal National Museum
- Kidderminster
- Louvre
- Mevlana Museum
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Miho Museum
- Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest)
- Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
- Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
- Museo Poldi Pezzoli
- Museum of Textiles (Lyon)
- Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin
- Saint Louis Art Museum
- Textile Museum (George Washington University)
- Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
- Turkmen Carpet Museum
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Wilton
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