The very mechanically drawn double vine shown in Plate [E], Fig. 14, is sometimes seen in stripes of Hamadans. In fact, simplicity of border is a characteristic of this class.
Mosul and Kurdish stripes show a similarity, but the former are often more mechanically drawn than the latter. In Plate [E], Fig. 15, is a stripe from an old and beautiful Mosul with conventionalised vine and King Solomon’s eight-pointed star.
Undoubtedly the most typical of any class of Persian stripes is the well-known Sarabend pattern of formal vine with pendent pear on white ground. It is very rarely that a rug of this class is without this stripe (Plate [E], Fig. 16). Its presence at once indicates that the piece is either a Sarabend or an Iran copy.
In Plate [E], Fig. 17, is the well-known pear pattern of a Meshed stripe. The graceful form, resembling in a measure the Indian drawing, is peculiar to these stripes.
The Kirman stripe (Plate [E], Fig. 18) invariably contains red roses naturalistically drawn, surrounded by a profusion of leaves and stems. This is one of the most beautiful of Persian border patterns.
Somewhat similar, but far more formal, is the Kermanshah stripe, one of which appears in Plate [E], Fig. 19, with mechanically drawn flowers, leaves, and vines.
The formal pattern (Plate [E], Fig. 20) of octagons surrounded by latch-hooks is now and then found in borders of Shiraz rugs, and indicates how great a concession their weavers at times make to nomadic influences.
The main stripe of Sehnas is always narrow and contains some floral form, though frequently much conventionalised. One of these stripes is shown in Plate [E], Fig. 21.
Very few Persian rugs have such wealth of floral ornamentation in the borders as the Sarouks and Kashans. A stripe typical of the former is represented in Plate [E], Fig. 22.
Secondary and Tertiary Stripes.—The ornamentation of a large proportion of secondary stripes of Persian rugs consists of running vines, which fall within two divisions, according to the absence or presence of pendants.