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Heriz carpet designs are [[Geometric Design|geometric]], in either a [[Medallion Design|medallion]] or an [[Allover Design|allover]] layout. Some of the designs can be traced back to Anatolian (Turkish) village rug motifs of the seventeenth century. Heriz carpets are best known for having a large center medallion with quartered medallions in the corners of the field. The designs include large stylized palmettes, leaves, and vines, with nomadic motifs and ornaments. Some nineteenth-century Heriz carpets were woven with poetry inscriptions throughout the guard borders. Weaving poems into carpets was popular at the time, but the Heriz inscriptions often cannot be read clearly because village weavers were unable to transfer the words properly.<br>

Heriz carpet designs are [[Geometric Design|geometric]], in either a [[Medallion Design|medallion]] or an [[Allover Design|allover]] layout. Some of the designs can be traced back to Anatolian (Turkish) village rug motifs of the seventeenth century. Heriz carpets are best known for having a large center medallion with quartered medallions in the corners of the field. The designs include large stylized palmettes, leaves, and vines, with nomadic motifs and ornaments. Some nineteenth-century Heriz carpets were woven with poetry inscriptions throughout the guard borders. Weaving poems into carpets was popular at the time, but the Heriz inscriptions often cannot be read clearly because village weavers were unable to transfer the words properly.<br>

In the mid-nineteenth century the rugs and carpets were made with semigeometric designs and woven in a very fine grade with the highest-quality silk available at the time. Medallion, allover, or directional Mihrab (prayer arch) styles were the most popular. The designs were woven with delicate palmettes, leaves, and vines; tribal elements; a Lattice pattern featuring palmettes and flowers; Tree of Life motifs occasionally including animals and birds, with poetic inscriptions in the borders and mihrab area; and pictorial subjects.<ref>Moheban, 2015, p.230-231</ref><br>

In the mid-nineteenth century the rugs and carpets were made with semigeometric designs and woven in a very fine grade with the highest-quality silk available at the time. Medallion, allover, or directional Mihrab (prayer arch) styles were the most popular. The designs were woven with delicate palmettes, leaves, and vines; tribal elements; a Lattice pattern featuring palmettes and flowers; Tree of Life motifs occasionally including animals and birds, with poetic inscriptions in the borders and mihrab area; and pictorial subjects.<ref>Moheban, 2015, p.230-231</ref><br>

=== Weaving techniques ===

=== Weaving techniques ===