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There is significant speculation as to the origins and symbolism of boteh jegheh, or "ancient motif", known in English as paisley. [8] With experts contesting different time periods for its emergence, to understand the proliferation in the popularity of boteh jegheh design and eventually Paisley, it is important to understand South Asian history.
The boteh (Persian: بته), is an almond or pine cone-shaped motif in ornament with a sharp-curved upper end. [1] Though of Persian origin, it is very common and called buta in India , Azerbaijan , Turkey and other countries of the Near East . [ 1 ]
Boteh, بوته I believe، is a Persian word meaning a bush or a bushy plant (Steingass Dictionary, also it gives Brushwood). It is incorrectly attributed to the Hindi Bota which means Flower. Jegheh جغه is a crest with which a wrestler is decorated- (Steingass Dictionary- these are the smaller forms).
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To meet the rising demand in the west for Persian rugs, the British-Switzerland company Ziegler & Co. opened its office in Tabriz in 1878 and in Sultanabad in 1883.The first World Oriental Carpet Exhibition in 1891 in Vienna and another one in London in 1892 created a rising demand for Persian rugs in the west.
Yusuf and Zulaikha (Joseph chased by Potiphar's wife), by Behzād, 1488. A Persian miniature (Persian: نگارگری ایرانی negârgari Irâni) is a small Persian painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works called a muraqqa.
The Hereke carpet in the Ambassador's Hall in Dolmabahçe Palace is about 120m² large Silk on silk Hereke carpet 0.6 m2, 32 x 32 knots/cm2; 13 years of work. Hereke carpets are Turkish handmade carpets produced and sold in Hereke, a coastal town in Turkey.