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{{Author Name|Annette Ittig. An earlier version of this article was originally published as Annette Ittig. "CARPETS iv. Knotted-pile carpets: Designs, motifs, and patterns". Encyclopædia Iranica. IV/8, pp. 845-850.}}

{{Author Name|Annette Ittig. An earlier version of this article was originally published as Annette Ittig. "CARPETS iv. Knotted-pile carpets: Designs, motifs, and patterns". Encyclopædia Iranica. IV/8, pp. 845-850.}}

Carpets, (qālī; Ar. and Pers. farš), heavy textiles are used as coverings for floors, walls, and other large surfaces, as well as for various kinds of furnishing.

In this discussion “design” refers to the overall composition of decorative elements on a carpet; the simplest elements in designs are single motifs, which are most frequently combined in more complex units; these units, in turn, may be arranged in various combinations and sequences to form patterns.

==iv. Knotted-Pile Carpets: Designs, Motifs, and Patterns==

==iv. Knotted-Pile Carpets: Designs, Motifs, and Patterns==