Oriental Rugs Dictionary
Garden Carpet
Garden carpets are oriental rugs designed to resemble a formal garden divided into compartments, often symbolizing the paradise gardens described in Persian and Islamic tradition. The field of the carpet is usually divided into rectangular panels containing flowers, trees, water channels, or other garden imagery. Garden carpets are particularly associated with Persian and Mughal Indian carpet traditions. Carpets with rectangular components containing floral motifs. The earliest of such carpets from the 17 Century represented Safavid gardens. Their compartments are elaboration of Chahar Bag, the quartered garden. The compartments are delineated by rectangular water courses, often containing fish and water fowl. There are rectangular pools or reservoirs at major intersections of the channels. Early garden carpet designs are highly variable, but a group of consistent designs is attributed to Kurdistan of about 1800.
.jpg)
