Bokhara rug

American  

Or Bukhara rug

noun

1. a Turkoman rug having a tan or red background and decorated with varied octagon patterns.

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Example Sentences

Favorite gathering place for D block's intellectuals was a cozy yellow-and-primrose-painted cell with a 100-book library, a Bokhara rug and a medieval print of St. Paul.

From Time Magazine Archive

I'm sending you a Bokhara rug and two china vases.

From The Possessed (The Devils) by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

It has been said that “whoever has seen one Bokhara rug has seen them all.”

From The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. by Ellwanger, W. D. (William DeLancey)

Finding that it was so, he ambled back to the centre of the worn Bokhara rug that had been under the prie-Dieu in the oratory of James II. at Dublin Castle, and resumed.

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard

While Hotchkiss examined scratches and replaced the Bokhara rug, I engaged Jennie in conversation.

From The Man in Lower Ten by Rinehart, Mary Roberts