One of the most important and the most ordinary designs ever-decorating the face of the carpets woven in the centers concerned with weaving Iranian Carpet is “Botteh”. Bottheh has been developed in a wide variety of forms with a slight change in its original design. Unlike many complicated Islimi and Khotaiee designs, it is a simple minimal iterative basic pattern which covers the whole surface...

Culturalattitudesduringdifferentperiodsare associated withmythologicalbeliefs ofthe people, however,regarding culturaldivision, each period contain a particularconcept. Hand-woven motifsand mythsinproportion to the categoriesof motifs in Persiancarpet are dividedinto several types, mostimportantly mythicfigureas plant and animalmotifs(Daryaei, 2003, 83). It cannot be saidthat such motifs onca...

 Hand-woven carpet is among the most important manufacturing product of Iran that is produced mainly for export, and due to its exceptionally strong and artistic aspects, it is very popular around the world, especially in Western countries. The artistic components mixed with culture, customs, traditions, religion and architecture of Iran combined with a high diversity of designs and motifs...

 Nomadic "salt bags" are a group of nomadic textiles which are less known in comparison with other nomadic weavings such as carpets, rugs, kilims, etc. These functional bags are generally found among other nomadic products. They have special features in form, structure, texture, color, pattern, motifs, and decoration which all make their examination significant besides studing ot...

Globalization as a part of modern economy has been of huge controversies in different countries including Iran. Since Iran is attempting to increase its non-oil exports and its presence in global markets. Enduring in this competitive worldly market necessitates evaluation of tastes and creation of new markets for the products. Accordingly Iranian hand-woven carpets are among the top exports of ...