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Oriental Rugs
Oriental Rugs
   
Southwest Persia
Luri Rugs from the nomadic peoples of the Luri area are varied. Many are decorated by grids and contain stylized plant elements. Full-field decorations often are composed of tiny geometric motifs arranged in regular rows.
Bakhtiar In the Bakhtiari area, rugs are distinguished by fields regularly divided in rows of squares, octagons or diamonds -- each one of which contains stylized plant motifs like trees, bushes and flowering branches.
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