Shag (fabric)

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Close-up of the pile of a shag carpet, including two popular colors of the 1970s: avocado and harvest gold

A shag is a rug or carpet that has a deep pile, giving it a shaggy appearance. Carpet rakes help remove dirt and restore a uniform appearance.

In recent years, shag carpeting has seen a resurgence of popularity.

v t e Rugs and carpets

Rugs	Abadeh Afghan Ahar Alcaraz Arak Ardabil Azerbaijani Bakhtiari Bakshaish Balouch Bessarabian Bidjar Borujerd Braided Caucasian Dhurrie Eagle Flokati Heriz Isfahan Jozan Kashan Kashmir Kerman Kilim Kuba Kurdish Lilihan Mashhad Nain Navajo Oriental Pakistani Petate Qom Rya Sarouk Seraband Sardrud Seychour Shiraz Tabriz Tibetan Turkmen Uzbek Julkhyr Uzbek Napramach Varamin War Yürük

Carpets	Ardabil Armenian Baharestan Bakshaish Bellini Berber Bergama Bessarabian Bradford Caucasian Coronation Chiprovtsi Crivelli Fitted Gabbeh Hereke Karabakh Konya Kuba Holbein Lilihan Lotto Memling Milas Persian Red Sarouk Turkish Ushak Yomut Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting

People	Sir Francis Crossley Arthur T. Gregorian Arshag Karagheusian Latif Karimov Thomas Whitty

Places	Axminster Wilton Carpet Museum of Iran

Cleaning	Carpet cleaning Dry carpet cleaning Floorcloth

Fabrics	Frieze Shag

Manufacture and installation	Ghiordes knot Knot density Rubia Rug hooking Rug making Tack strip Underlay

Manufacturers	A & M Karagheusian Axminster Carpets Brintons Carpet One Cormar Carpets Dilmaghani Savonnerie manufactory

Decoration	Pictorial carpet

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