Oriental Rugs: Persian |
Contents
The History of the Persian Carpet | 7 |
Introduction | 39 |
How the book came to be written | 57 |
Copyright | |
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20th century Abadeh Afshar antique pieces arabesques Arak Azerbaijan Bakhtiari Baluch Bijar Birjand blossoms Borchalu botehs Carpet ornament carpet production carpet weaving central medallion Central Persia coarse collectors contrast corners cotton decorated design and colours diamond drawn endless repeat example Farahan field and border finely woven flower formats Foundation furnishing carpets geometric guard stripes Hamadan harmonious Heriz hexagon high to high Isfahan ivory Joshagan Kashan Kerman Khorasan knot densities knots per sq Kurdish main border mainly Malayer Meshed minor borders motifs Museum natural dyes nomad rugs Old and antique Oriental carpet palmettes Persian carpets Persian knot pile prayer rugs provenance Qashqa'i quality wool rare room size carpets rosettes runners Safavid Saruq Senneh shades Shah Abbas Shiraz silk carpets South Persia stylised Tabriz Tehran tendrils town tree-of-life tribes Turkish knot warps and wefts weavers weaving area weaving centre West Persia wool workshops yellow