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There are usually poems to Nature in the cartouches that fill the borders.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Garland: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> A wreath, circlet or festoon of flowers or leaves used as an ornamental motif. </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Gol Henai: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Floral pattern associated with Persian rugs and said to be based on the Henna shrub (<I>Lawsonia</I>). Found frequently on from the Hamdan and evirons: also found, in schematic form, on Qashqai weavings.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Ground: </B></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> General surface against or upon which designs, patterns and figures are arranged to provide relief for the principal motifs.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 188 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Gul: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="476" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 158 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="02b67530.jpg" border=0 width="103" height="83" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="336"><div> Polygonal Turkoman motif formerly used by the nomadic tribes of Afghanistan, Russia and Turkestan as a sort of identifying coat-of-arms for families and tribes. The word means ‘rose’ or ‘flower’.  Cultures such as the Turkoman have used distinctive Gul patterns to represent individual tribal clans. illustrations: Typical circa 1900's tekke gul</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Hejira: </B></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Rugs dated with a year of the Hejira can be converted to the Christian equivalent. For an exact date, divide the Hejira year by 33.7, subtract the result from the original date and then add 622. For an approximate estimate, simply add 583 to the Hejira date.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 ><NOBR><div> <B>Herati Pattern: </B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Also called the <I>mahi </I>or fish pattern. As its name implies this floral pattern is supposed to have originate in east Persia. Consists of a repeat of a flower head bracketed by two serrate-edged lanceolate leaves. Probably the most frequently used of all Oriental floral designs.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 ><NOBR><div> <B>Hunting Carpet: </B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> A classical Persian carpet pattern depicting a hunt and usually including several different species of animals- lions, antelopes, hares, bears- scattered among the huntsmen.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 106 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Indigo: </B></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Blue dye obtained from the leaves of the indigo plant, one of the various species of <I>Indigofera</I>, a tropical genus of <I>Papilionaceae</I>. Native to India, from whence most of the leaves used in the preparation of the dye in Persia were exported. The dye was prepared from the fermented compound of crushed indigo leaves, red clay slip, potash, grape sugar and slaked lime.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Copyright © 2000 Rugs And Textiles. Com Inc. 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