Oriental carpet design: a guide to traditional motifs, patterns, and symbols

Introduction. How to identify an Oriental carpet by its design ; Rug identification : the professional approach ; Structure ; The colours ; Values of Oriental carpets ; Carpet sizes and names ; A note on knot counts ; Dates and signatures in carpets ; New Chinese carpets : structural note ; The historical origins of carpets and carpet designs ; New Oriental copies of Persian designs ; Symbolism in Oriental carpet design ; Pronunciation of place names

Border designs

Universal designs. The boteh ; The Herati pattern ; Tree designs ; Vase designs ; Prayer-rug ; Garden and panel designs ; Picture designs : animal and bird designs

Geometric designs. Geometric all-over designs ; Geometric repeating medallion designs ; Geometric medallion/all-over designs

Floral designs. Floral medallion/all-over designs ; Floral medallion-plain designs ; Floral all-over designs.