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== Techniques and structures ==
== Techniques and structures ==
=== Color and dyeing ===
=== Color and dyeing ===
+The beautiful Tehran carpet tonality is particularly apparent in their red, light blue, and gold fields. In addition to these colors, dark blue, ivory, green, coral, and brown are used in the design motifs and outlines, borders, and, occasionally, in the background.<ref>Moheban, 2015, p.569</ref>
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=== Motifs and Designs ===
=== Motifs and Designs ===
Tehran rugs and carpets have design influences from Isfahan and Kashan, dating from the Safavid Carpets classical period. The carpets are floral, in allover, medallion, or directional Mihrab (prayer arch) styles. Shah Abbas palmettes with leaves and vines, Minakhani (rosette-linked trellis), Millefleurs, Shrub motifs, wild animals, birds, or floral ouuquets were delicately executed in the field, borders, and spandrels. The Lattice pattern also was a popular allover style in Tehran weavings.<ref>Moheban, 2015, p.568-569</ref>
Tehran rugs and carpets have design influences from Isfahan and Kashan, dating from the Safavid Carpets classical period. The carpets are floral, in allover, medallion, or directional Mihrab (prayer arch) styles. Shah Abbas palmettes with leaves and vines, Minakhani (rosette-linked trellis), Millefleurs, Shrub motifs, wild animals, birds, or floral ouuquets were delicately executed in the field, borders, and spandrels. The Lattice pattern also was a popular allover style in Tehran weavings.<ref>Moheban, 2015, p.568-569</ref>