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	Kilims - Persian Carpet Export
		Some motifs, however, certainly originated on knotted carpets and were later used by kilim weavers, such as the flower and leaf patterns that are common to north Persian kilims and knotted rugs alike.
		Another genuinely symbolic motif is the talismanic evil eye, or ‘nazarlik’, used to deflect evil and to balance the adverse effects of other motifs on the kilim, such as the spider or scorpion.
		Persian influences are evident in the random scattering of stylized birds, flowers and human figures in the field of the kilim.
	www.persiancarpetexport.com /Kilims.asp (3650 words)

	A persian rug directory and guide. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In fact, there is an old Persian saying: "The richer the man the thinner the carpet", which refers to the superb quality of the finest silk Persian rugs.
		Persian rugs are not deemed to be their best for some 30 to 40 years.
		Persian rugs are characterized by their wonderfully rich colors and strong designs and motifs.
	www.rugbiz.com /persian-rug.htm (505 words)

	Persian Carpet House
		Persian carpets and rugs are known as the original oriental carpets and are made in Iran (Persia).
		Persian carpets and rugs have always been a part of Iranian culture and they can be considered the most valued possessions found in an Iranian home.
		Persian carpets are traditionally known for their tremendous variety in design, color, size, and weave.
	www.persiancarpethouse.com /news.php?id=17 (306 words)

	Classification - Persian Carpet Export
		The classification of Persian carpets and their connection to one region depends on the form of designs, the kind of colour, wool and knots, the size, the thickness of the pile, the quantity of weft (pood), the number of knots and many other particulars, which only the connoisseurs are able to know and distinguish.
		Generally the Persian carpets are divided into two broad groups: Tribal Carpets and Rural or Urban Carpets.
		The vast majority of Persian Carpets are made in the rural and urban centres where looms are positioned permanently.
	www.persiancarpetexport.com /Classification.asp (525 words)

	Carpets Of Kashmir
		These carpets have greater vitality than Persian figural carpets in part because of the asymmetrical distribution of their elements but primarily because of the size and pictorial importance given the figures with respect to the floral ground.
		The so-called Portuguese carpets, discussed among the types of Persian carpets, are variously attributed to northern or southern Persia or to the Portuguese colony in Goa, India.
		These carpets have greater vitality than Persian figural carpets in part because of the asymmetrical distribution of their elements but primarily because of the size and pictoral importance given the figures with respect to the floral ground.
	www.carpetsofkashmir.com /carpet-history.html (1417 words)

	Costume Goddess Tips: Designing Motifs for Bellydance Costume (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Motifs and patterns designed for embroidery or henna decorations may not be suitable, because they're meant to be viewed at close range, where the delicate details can be admired.
		The motif can be abstract (for instance, a 5-pointed star); representational of a realistic natural object (a starfish); or in between, or "stylized" (a starfish with 5 identically curved arms).
		Center motifs on the belt and bra are flattering for those who want a taller or slimmer appearance.
	costumegoddess.com /motifs.htm (2288 words)

	Iransaga - Persian carpets, Technical Details
		The dyes used to colour the wool are of the greatest importance in completing the effect and lengthening the life of Persian carpets.
		The knots used are normally Persian (Sinneh); although in areas such as Azerbaijan and Hamadan, the Turkish (Ghiordes) knot is also used.
		The most common Persian motifs are those with flowers, linked by tendrils, and designs including animals and people; partly geometric motifs are also common.
	www.artarena.force9.co.uk /cptech.htm (428 words)

	Furniture & Rugs : Persian Rugs History
		The dyes used to color the wool are of the greatest importance in completing the effect and lengthening the life of Persian rugs.
		There are as many variations of the Persian Rug as there are cities and villages in the ancient land of Iran.
		Persian rugs are imported with special permission of the US government.
	www.furnitureandrugs.com /101/history.asp (500 words)

	ORIENTAL CARPET MOTIFS
		It is the most extensively employed leaf motif: a leaf, with an inclined crest top which in geometric form is bent at an angle, and some times with little feet as well, in innumerable variations.
		Contrary to the opinion that it is a symbol of the flame of the fire worshippers (Parsees), or of the ruler's seal showing the outer edge of his hand dipped in blood, it is proved by its appearance in the borders of early carpets to be purely of floral origin.
		Dragon-Phoenix motif (Ming emblem), on Turkish carpets of the hfteenth century and Caucasian 'dragon' carpets of the seventeenth.
	www.ethnographica.com /oriental_carpet_motifs.htm (904 words)

	Persian Rugs
		Isfahan is a main trading capital for Persian rugs, and where Bahram Shabahang grew up, in a family who had been rug specialists for four centuries.
		If you think a fine Persian carpet is too expensive, consider that it can take a family a year or more to create a single artistic carpet.
		The result is that Persian carpets have an inherent beauty and artistic detail that sets them apart from any other mid eastern rug.
	aarf.com /persians03.htm (1281 words)

	eBay Store - NYCrugs: Rug Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Because this practice was so deeply imbedded in Persian culture, it is no surprise that weavers portrayed hunting scenes in their work as early as the 16th century.
		The Persian knot (also termed Senneh) can be either looped over a warp on the left and opened up to the right or it can be looped over a right warp and opened up to the left.
		On the other hand, the Persian knot (also termed Senneh) can be either looped over a warp on the left and opened up to the right or it can be looped over a right warp and opened up to the left.
	stores.ebay.com /NYCrugs/Rug-Glossary.html (4317 words)

	Persian Rugs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The majority of the prized Persian rugs were made from during this time with the two greatest rugs wove in the mosque of Ardebil in 1539 (which are now located in Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the other one in Los Angeles County Museum).
		Iran's Persian rug trade is in a vulnerable and delicate position with the probability that another trade embargo against all Iran exports to the United States and Europe is likely.
		Persian carpet is the "second export earner," and "any recession in the carpet industry would unleash unemployment and reduce incomes for the 10 million people engaged in the industry, not to mention the loss of a considerable percentage of the country's foreign income."
	www.american.edu /ted/persian-rugs.htm (3382 words)

	Persian Carpet House - Persian Carpet Design
		Persian carpet can be divided so far as design is concerned into two main groups.
		The most common motif for all Persian rugs, especially the larger ones, is a large central medallion.
		Although stylized branches are a common motif in Persian carpet designs, the so called tree patterns are distinctive for their close resemblance to natural forms.
	www.iranyellowpages.net /PersianCarpetHouse/Design01.htm (907 words)

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		Some motifs that made their way to Egypt from Syria were ultimately of Persian origin, including animals and birds in roundels, and griffins.
		While the motifs in the former, and the calligraphy in the latter, changed from age to age, the artistic execution of the work, as well as the techniques and the materials used, was of longstanding tradition.
		Fish and grapes were popular Christian motifs as well as biblical scenes such as the Virgin on a donkey holding the Child Jesus in front of her.
	www.coptic.net /articles/CopticArtOfEgypt.txt (4414 words)

	Masis Cleaners & Oriental Rug Repairs
		Frequently, the field is adorned with swirling coils of the islimi motif (an arabesque motif of a stem twisted around itself in a spiral).
		Frequent motifs are the herati (a complex play of floral elements located at the points of a diamond element) or the boteh (a shape vaguely similar to a teardrop with the point bent at one side) in repeating rows.
		Full-field decoration with floral motifs characterize the first group, while the second group uses a medallion layout that often is surrounded by jagged rays.
	www.masiscleaners.com /worldofrugs.htm (778 words)

	Iranica.com - GOL O BOLBOL
		The theme of the rose in Persian mystical poetry has been the subject of detailed investigation since the beginnings of Orientalist studies in Europe in the late 18th century, and poets such as Goethe (q.v.) and Rilke have been inspired by their Persian counterparts.
		The origins of this theme may be traced to the beginnings of Persian manuscript illustration in the 14th century, where the rose fi;rst appears as a discrete motif and a landscape element utilized in the illustration of epic and lyrical texts during the reign of the Il-khanids (1256-1353).
		Persian painters drew upon literary images of the rose as a metaphor for love and beauty to create symbolic compositions in the margins accompanying narrative scenes or lyrical landscapes evoking visions of springtime and young love (Cowen, pp.
	www.iranica.com /articles/v11f1/v11f1034.html (2201 words)

	Banarasi Sarees,Banarsi Sarees,Banarasi Saris,Beneras Saris
		Persian motifs and Indian designs on silk studded with gold and silver remained the cue of Mughal patronage.
		It was during the mughal times when all arts be it persian, rajasthan or other indian school got amalgamated to create a fusion of aesthetics.
		The persian motifs and Indian designs on silk texture studded with gold and silver remained the cue of Mughal patronage.
	www.utsavsarees.com /pages/benarasisarees.htm (1320 words)

	Iranica.com - xx. PERSIAN INFLUENCES ON INDIAN PAINTING
		Persian influence is limited to the blue, gold, and silver cloud bands and incomplete geometric interlace patterns that appear on the beige hillside and on Loraka's yellow shield and, for the cloud bands, on the blue sky.
		Here Persian influence need not have come from Persian paintings (and probably did not), since the cloud bands and interlace patterns are found on contemporary manuscript illumination and leather bindings, as well as other forms of Persian art.
		Some of the male attendants and at least one female in Persian dress are in three-quarter front face, as is normally found in Persian painting, while GÚia@t¯-al-Din and the women he is instructing in the arts of gracious living are shown in profile view, as is the Indian norm.
	www.iranica.com /newsite/articles/v13f1/v13f1006_xx.html (7055 words)

	Indian Rugs, Floral Rugs, Prayer rugs, India rugs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		These rugs have greater vitality than Persian figural rugs in part because of the asymmetrical distribution of their elements but primarily because of the size and pictorial importance given the figures with respect to the floral ground.
		The so-called Portuguese rugs, discussed among the types of Persian rugs, are variously attributed to northern or southern Persia or to the Portuguese colony in Goa, India.
		These rugs have greater vitality than Persian figural rugs in part because of the asymmetrical distribution of their elements but primarily because of the size and pictoral importance given the figures with respect to the floral ground.
	www.oriental-rugs.com /making/indian-rugs.html (1417 words)

	16th Century Persian Women's Clothing
		Almost identical figures and motifs can be found on a silk coat in the Armory of Moscow.
		Another observation of figural depiction in use in Persian garments comes from a Western European named Diamond, who was present in Adrianople, in 1560, for the ascension of Sultan Selim II to the throne.
		Diamond noted that the Persian envoy and his accompanying party of 300 people were dressed in costumes of bright colors with figures or animals or birds.
	www.geocities.com /louise_de_la_mare/16thcentpersianwomen.htm (1603 words)

	Persian rug - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Persian rug is an essential part of Persian art and culture.
		The earliest surviving corpus of Persian carpets come from the Safavid dynasty (1501-1736) in the 16th century.
		Common motifs include scrolling vine networks, arabesques, palmettes, cloud bands, medallions, and overlapping geometric compartments rather than animals and humans.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Persian_carpet (1254 words)

	Daggers
		Hilts of the fork and knife are overlaid with two-piece bone (ivory?) decorated with geometrical motifs.
		The style of the decorative motifs is also slightly different on the scabbard fittings.
		There are typical magical motifs on the blade, a moon and two suns.
	www.collectiblefirearms.com /Daggers.html (4008 words)

	BRIEF HISTORY OF MOSLEM MINIATURE PAINTING
		Also appearing for the first time were knobby tree trunks with branches like those of a willow pattern plate and an attempt to render the background in three-dimensions by multiplying the number of planes.
		It was this blend that constituted the basis of Persian miniature painting from the mid-fourteenth century onwards, and had it not taken place, the art would not have developed in the way that it did.
		The Shiraz School of later 14th century Persia is distinguished by its brilliance of coloring, a love of gorgeous landscapes, by the frequent inclusion of freely drawn bird and flower motifs in the margins, and by faces and figures with rounded contours, fine lines, narrow eyes, and rather characteristic sideways glances.
	www.youngartists.com /mphatouf.htm (1461 words)

	Oriental Rugs - Rugman.com
		The development of the art of handmade Oriental rugs and Persian rugs in these countries may be seen basically as an interaction between religious and ethnic structures dating back long before the advent of Islam.
		It is safe to define the cultures of the major Islamic countries and regions mainly in terms of a few major ethnic groups: the Mongolians, the Persians, the Turks, and the Arabs; and their spread through the empires of Asia.
		The main characteristics that distinguish Caucasian rugs from Persian rugs are their color schemes of bright shades of red, rust, or burgundy, and their border and medallion motifs.
	www.rugman.com /Library/Oriental_Rugs.aspx (2405 words)

	Booria Carpet Designer :: Library of 1750 Motifs
		Due to international trend toward original Persian and oriental designs, which are complicated and their designing process are time consuming, Booria CAD/CAM Systems decided to create a comprehensive, outstanding original library of Persian motifs.
		Many of these motifs were designed directly according to characteristic of the region, culture, or even historical monuments.
		Note: The library of 1750 motifs is an additional option and not included in Booria Carpet Designer packages.
	www.booria.com /carpetdesigner-library.htm (197 words)

	BBC - Antiques - Collectors guides - Persian rugs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The finest Persian rugs are made from silk and are the most expensive of all Oriental carpets.
		Most examples you'll come across date from the 19th and 20th centuries and may be either tribal village pieces, or town-made factory pieces.
		Garden motifs recur in many Persian rugs and are inspired by the Islamic notion of the garden of Paradise.
	www.bbc.co.uk /antiques/collectors_guides/rugs_persian.shtml (218 words)

	Jozan: Persian Rug articles, Article Base and Search Engine
		This Page Sponsored by Mannam Carpets Guide to Sarouk Persian Rugs and Carpets 1920's Sarouk Carpet Sarouk Rugs Of all Persian rugs and carpets perhaps the most beloved in the United States are the Sarouk carpets.
		Visit Persian Rugs blog Guide to Mahal Persian Rugs and Carpets In the US we think of Arak as the area Sarouk Persian carpets come from.
		PERSEPOLIS by Murray L. Eiland III As part of the Grand Persian Carpet Exhibition and Conference in June 1992, the delegates were treated to a tour of Persepolis, perhaps the most awesome ruin of the ancient world.
	www.jozan.net /rad/Persian-rug-articles.asp?startnum=61 (949 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2003.09.02 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Although he often addresses the direction in which these motifs seem to run, either from East to West or West to East -- sometimes even back and forth -- his primary interest is not in origins but "in the resulting heterogeneity" (100).
		Furthermore, it is a bit disconcerting when the text of the lectures has been worked over enough to include some footnotes and citation but not enough to leave the reader with a clear sense of whence the author's sources, both primary and secondary, derive.
		Davis employs this device to explain the similarity between stories of the Christian saint Thecla and Bibi Shahrb_nu, the legendary daughter of the last Sassanian king, to whom a shrine was devoted overlooking the city Ray (19-21).
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2003/2003-09-02.html (785 words)

	Persian Miniature Paintings, History of Persian Miniature art, Iranian Miniature Artists
		Also worth noting is the Persian technique of "layering" perspectives to create a sense of space.
		Content and form are fundamental elements of Persian miniature painting, and miniature artists are renowned for their modest, subtle use of color.
		Celebrating the 545th anniversary of the birth of Kamaliddin Bekhzad, the unsurpassed 15th century master of miniatures.
	www.persianpaintings.com /miniat2.html (190 words)

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