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Detail of an allover repeat pattern of boteh with blossoms and leaves on the ground of a Khorāsān carpet, late 19th century; in a private collection in New Jersey.
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Detail of an allover repeat pattern of boteh with blossoms and leaves on the ground of a Khorāsān carpet, late 19th century; in a private collection in New Jersey.
Detail of an allover repeat pattern of boteh with blossoms and leaves on the ground of a Khorāsān carpet, late 19th century; in a private collection in New Jersey.

Khorāsān carpet

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Khorāsān carpet, handwoven floor covering made in the region of Khorāsān, in northeastern Iran. Herāt carpets are the classic carpets of the district. From the late 18th and early 19th centuries there are carpets in the herāti pattern, probably made in villages of the district. They show a repeat pattern of a lattice that peeps through a maze of blossoms and leaves, with a characteristic border showing pairs of smoothly curved split arabesques. These carpets...

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