INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Saturday.The handwoven carpets took seven years to be completed, Seyyed Ruhollah Latifi said.The carpets consist of two pieces each covering
600 square meters (20 meters by 30 meters), and two carpets measuring 400 square meters (20 meters by 20 meters), the official
explained.Persian carpets are sought after internationally for their delicate designs and their good quality
Among Persian carpets, particularly those of the classic period, the medallion may represent an open lotus blossom with 16 petals as seen
from above, a complex star form, or a quatrefoil with pointed lobes.A medallion carpet is any floor covering on which the decoration is
dominated by a single symmetrical centerpiece, such as a star-shaped, circular, quatrefoil, or octagonal figure
The name, however, is sometimes also given to a carpet on which the decoration consists of several forms of this kind or even of rows of
