Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Furnishings (hierarchy name)
5. furnishings (works)
6. [furnishings by form or function]
7. coverings and hangings
8. [coverings and hangings by specific type]
9. [coverings and hangings by form]

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment
4. Furnishings
5. furnishings
6. furnishings by form or function
7. coverings and hangings
8. coverings and hangings by specific type
9. coverings and hangings by location or context
10. coverings and hangings for surface elements
11. floor coverings

Narrower term/s

• asmalyks [NP]
• bokches [NP]
• mafrashes [NP]
• [rugs by function][+]
  • hearth rugs [+]
    • odjakliks
  • stair carpets
  • vagirehs
  • gabbehs
  • indoor-outdoor carpets
  • sofrehs
  • door rugs [+]
    • engsis [NP]
    • germetch [NP]
  • yataks
  • [Chinese rugs by function] [+]
    • pillar rugs
    • temple rugs
  • [Tibetan rugs by function] [+]
    • khadens
    • khagangmas
    • sadens
  • [Turkoman rugs by function] [+]
    • engsis
    • kapunuks
    • germetch
  • balisht
• [rugs by form][+]
  • carpets
  • throw rugs
  • area rugs
  • broadlooms (rugs) [+]
    • wall-to-wall carpeting
  • kelleyehs
  • kenares
  • mian farsh
  • audience rugs
  • shaped carpets
  • carpet tiles
  • [rugs by size designation] [+]
    • yastiks
    • dozars
    • sejjadeh
    • pushti
    • sezar
    • zaronims
• [rugs by technique][+]
  • Oriental rugs [+]
    • gabbehs [NP]
    • odjakliks [NP]
  • flatweaves [+]
    • cicims
    • kilims
    • palas (rugs)
    • ingrain carpets [+]
      • art squares
    • soumaks (rugs)
    • Venetian carpets
    • vernehs
    • zilis
    • dhurries
    • rag rugs
    • striped rugs
    • jajims
    • shadda
    • zilus
    • braided rugs
  • Aubusson carpets
  • Abnakee rugs
  • pile-woven carpets [+]
    • Axminster carpets
    • Turkey carpets
    • Wilton carpets [+]
      • Saxonies
    • Brussels carpets [+]
      • tapestry Brussels (carpets) [+]
      • body Brussels (carpets)
    • Rya rugs
    • Savonnerie carpets
    • yarn-sewn rugs
    • knotted-pile carpets
  • moquettes (machine-made rugs)
  • button rugs
  • Arraiolos carpets
  • flossas
  • shag carpets
  • fluff mats
  • looped-pile carpets
• saddle rugs [NP]
• cuvals [NP]
• khalyks [NP]
• torbas [NP]
• [rugs by pattern][+]
  • chessboard rugs
  • prayer rugs [+]
    • Transylvanian carpets [NP]
    • safs
    • sejjadeh [NP]
    • coupled-column rugs
    • double-niche Ushaks [NP]
    • re-entrant rugs
  • animal carpets
  • garden carpets
  • tiger rugs
  • Portuguese carpets
  • pictorial rugs [+]
    • sandpainting rugs [NP]
    • yei rugs [NP]
    • yeibichai rugs [NP]
  • border-patterned rugs
  • [Caucasian rugs by pattern] [+]
    • dragon rugs
    • cloudband Kazaks
    • star Kazaks
    • pinwheel Kazaks
    • sunburst Kazaks
    • Lori Pambak
  • [Chinese rugs by pattern] [+]
    • banjis
  • [Persian rugs by pattern] [+]
    • Ardabil carpets
    • vase carpets
    • Polonaise carpets [+]
      • Coronation carpets
    • Sanguszko carpets
  • [Turkish rugs by pattern] [+]
    • Holbein carpets [+]
      • large pattern Holbeins
      • small pattern Holbeins
    • Crivelli carpets
    • Lotto carpets
    • Transylvanian carpets
    • cemetery carpets
    • Kis-Ghiordes
    • [Ushak rugs by pattern] [+]
      • medallion Ushaks
      • star Ushaks
      • bird Ushaks
      • double-niche Ushaks
  • [Spanish carpets by pattern] [+]
    • Admiral carpets
  • [Navajo rugs by pattern] [+]
    • storm pattern rugs
    • sandpainting rugs
    • yei rugs
    • yeibichai rugs
• bed rugs [NP]
• rug components [NP][+]
  • elem
  • knots (rug components) [+]
    • asymmetrical knots
    • jufti knots
    • symmetrical knots
    • Berber knots
    • Tibetan knots (rug components)
• namakdan [NP]
• [rugs by social origin][+]
  • village rugs
  • tribal rugs
  • court carpets
  • city rugs
• [rugs by geographic origin or style][+]
  • Para-Mamluk carpets
  • Alcaraz carpets
  • Indo-Persian rugs [+]
    • Indo-Herat carpets
  • alpujarras
  • Persian rugs [+]
    • Herat carpets
    • Safavid carpets

Anotations

Scope note:

Heavy woven textiles used for a variety of utilitarian purposes essentially in the form in which they left the loom. In Western societies they are used primarily as floor coverings.