Types of leaves in Iranian carpet designs

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The designs used in Iranian carpets are very beautiful and have a great variety. For this reason, in Iran, it is very rare to find carpets with repetitive designs.

  1. Shah Abbasi’s leaves: a picture of the leaves of plants and trees such as sycamore, hair, Tabrizi, willow and palm, which in its general form sometimes takes the role of fish and feathers, and in its lonely, combined and decorative forms in the form of arches, congressmen. Broken, half-leaf, several interconnected leaves, simple, you are empty, solid, and so on. These paintings are called the leaves of Shah Abbasi, which in some carpet weaving centers, the designers play with changes in the decoration and twists of its lines, which in its new form takes the name of the style and style of the same center.
  2. Header: The image that is drawn on the header, following the tip of the leaf. In its usual form, the letterhead is a leaflet-like role.
  3. Leaf bottom: The role that the leaf tail and leaf are drawn at the bottom of the leaf. This pattern is usually like a leaflet, with two on either side of the branch and the main leaf growing through them.
  4. Half-leaf: A drawing that only shows the role of the half-leaf from long. This painting is widely used in the role of Joshqan carpets.
  5. Solid leaves: Types of leaves that are more small and have decorative roles.
  6. Hollow leaves: A leaf in which no decorative patterns are used. Such leaves are usually large in shape.
  7. Curved leaves: A leaf that is curved.
  8. Broken leaf: A leaf that is engraved with a broken stem.
  9. Three-leaf clover: This role is more common in Baloch rugs. It is a leaf with three stalks or three teeth.
  10. Congress leaf: A leaf with a serrated line around it.
  11. Eslimi leaf: A leaf whose role is Islamic.
  12. Plantain leaves (rose petals): a geometric pattern made of leafy leaves from serrated branches. This type of painting is usually embossed on the edges of bulging carpets.