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It is the only rug from the Achaemenid period known and preserved up to the present day. Most experts give Persia attribution for this piece even though it was found in a Scythian burial-mound. Its design is in the same style ad the sculptures of Persepolis, particularly regarding the details of the double border decorated along the outside with horses and riders, twenty-eight in number, a figure which corresponds with the number of males who carried the throne of Xerxes to Persepolis.<I> illustration: detail of border from Pasyryk rug</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 ><NOBR><div> <B>Picture Rug: </B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Figurative rug design portraying historical, allegoric or legendary scenes.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Pile: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> The mass of raised tufts formed from the strands of wool that have been cut at the carpet's surface. The pile produces the rug's soft, compact, furry surface.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 153 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Polonaise   Carpet: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Misleading name for Persian carpets in the collection of Prince Czartoryski of Poland, who exhibited his carpet collection at the Universal Exhibition in1871. Today these magnificent silk carpets are generally attributed to the Persia of Shah Abbas the Great’s reign. They were often woven on silver and gold thread. Their intricate floral designs, combined with cloud-bands and arabesques, were rendered in very light tones of green, rose, salmon, silver and gold. Usually these high-quality rug were woven for presentation to European rulers and courts.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Pomegranate Rind: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Gives a dull yellow dye.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Portuguese Carpets: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Persian carpets made to order for the Portuguese nobility living in the former Portuguese of Goa in India.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 191 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Prayer Rug: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="470" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 160 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0287a960.jpg" border=0 width="122" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="336"><div> Small Oriental rug used by Moslems to kneel on when saying their daily prayers and characteristically decorated with a mihrab.  The top of the mihrab is reffered to as the niche. </div> <div> <I>illustration: 19th century shrivan, private collection</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Quatrefoil: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Medallion with four rounded lobe sections.</div> <div> Reciprocal Motif: Pattern composed of a series of similar interpenetrating motifs in contrasting colors.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Rosette:</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Motif resembling an open rose consisting of a circular arrangement of parts around a center. In Persian carpets the motif is figurative; in Turkoman carpets it is highly stylized.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Copyright © 2000 Rugs And Textiles. Com Inc. 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