Herati Pattern
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A stylized rosette, enclosed in a diamond,
with a
serrated "acanthus leaf" along each side, often used as a
motif
in the
rug designs from the Caspian region. The "leaf" may actually represent
a fish and then the pattern is also called the mahi (fish) design. The
name comes from the city of Herat in Northwestern Afghanistan
(formerly the Persian empire).
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