Oriental carpet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Oriental carpet
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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“It’s very hard for people to accept that the Oriental carpet they bought now will have only $100 or $200 worth of value,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
He had vivid memories of the Pissarro painting on the wall of her lavishly furnished parlor, where he used to sit on a plush Oriental carpet playing with wooden trucks and trains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2018
She would scoot across the expanse of Oriental carpet and grab Mark’s toys, the two of them playing and squabbling, inseparable siblings.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2018
An arrangement hung over an Oriental carpet strewn with small bronze sculptures recalls a 1977 gallery show that Thek designed to look like sidewalk bazaar.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2010
He was standing on a huge Oriental carpet.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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