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It symbolizes light, divinity and wisdom. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Saffron:</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Yellow dyestuff obtained since ancient times from the dried stigmas of the Crocus sativus native to Asia Minor.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Salor Gull: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Polygonal Turkoman motif whose main outline is in the shape of an irregular octagon. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Saph:</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Prayer rug with multiple mihrabs.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Sarab: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> A small town on the road from Tabriz to Ardebil. It was destroyed by the Mongols in 1220, and then restored one century later. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Sarkoy: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Name for kilims made in Thrace.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 ><NOBR><div> <B>Saw-Tooth Motif: </B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Reciprocal border motif in which the design resembles the teeth of a saw or serrated leaves. It is sometimes called the ‘wineglass’ motif.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 ><NOBR><div> <B>Scatter Pattern:</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Filed motif in which the main elements of the design (usually flowers) are placed at irregular, widely separated intervals all over the filed, which may also be decorated with a medallion and spandrels.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Scroll: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Motif characterized by various spiral or convoluted forms derived from the curves of a partly unrolled parchment scroll.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Shah Abbas design: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Floral design of large palmettes such as those found on the two- and three-plane lattice vase.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 ><NOBR><div> <B>Shekiri (Chekiri): </B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Delicate, lace like border design consisting of boteh leaves and small flowers. The shekiri border is characteristic of Mir and Seraband rugs.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Sileh: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Thought to be a corruption of a now unknown Caucasian place number. A form of Soumak, <I>sileh</I> usually refers to pieces woven with rows of large S-motifs thought to represent the dragon motif degenerated to virtual abstractions.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Soumak: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Thought to be a corruption of Shemaka, town in south-east Caucasus. Technique of progressive weft wrapping.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Spandrels: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Architectural term for the space between the curve of an arch and the ending moldings. Thus the space immediately above the arch of the mihrab in a prayer rug.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 191 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Sun Motif:</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="491" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 160 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="02996960.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="336"><div> Ancient motif in the shape of a small lozenge divided into four compartments and symbolizing the sun (or light) worship.</div> <div> <I>illustration: late 19th century malayer rug, Hamadan region of Persia.</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 191 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Swastika: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="491" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 160 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="01796960.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="336"><div> A hooked cross. Chinese symbol for 10,000 (<I>wan</I>) and happiness. In many cultures, a symbol of the sun. An extraordinarily ubiquitous symbol, found contemporaneously as far apart as Pre-Columbian, Native America and China, which appears in the work of almost all known cultures.</div> <div> <I>illustration: pre-1900's Navajo blanket, Native America.</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Tafresh: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> The large village a Tafesh is reached via the minor road from Arak to Saveh and lies at a distance of 92 km. from Arak.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Tarantula: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Motif in the form of a stylized spider popular with nomadic tribes. Harmful insects and other forms of animal life are not woven into carpets as mere decorative motifs, but the weaver hopes that, by incorporating such creatures, he will succeed in keeping them away from his house.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Tchi: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> A small, shell-like ornament occurring in various forms, some compressed, some elongated and resembling the conventional Chinese ‘cloud-band’ motif. The tchi is a symbol of immortality or long life.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 ><NOBR><div> <B>Tchintamani: </B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Chinese Buddhist symbol thought by some scholars to be the origin of the balls-and-stripe motif found on Ushak carpets and other Turkish weavings and textiles.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Tekke Gul: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Large octagonal motif used by the Turkoman Tekke tribes.</div> <div> Tendril: Motif depicting a portion of a leaf modified into a slender, spirally coiling vine</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Tiraz: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Official weaving factory usually set up under Royal patronage.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Tree of life: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> One of mankind’s oldest symbols of life and a religious symbol of Islam. Representing a tree that may be highly stylized, this motif is often found on prayer rugs because of its religious significance.</div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Tulip: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Stylized motif of this flower popular with nomadic Turkoman tribes.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Turmeric:</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> East Indian perennial herb, Curcuma longa or turmeric, which produces curumin, a yellow to reddish-brown dyestuff used in Persian rugs.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 114 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Unicorn: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Composite motif depicting an animal with the tail of an oz and the legs and body of a deer, representing the unicorn of Chinese myth who watches over the empire with the dragon and the tortoise. The keylin is said to appear in times of prosperity and is therefore an emblem of good fortune. </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Copyright © 2000 Rugs And Textiles. Com Inc. 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