Plate [F], Fig. 1 (opp. Page 158), taken from an inner stripe of a Kermanshah, shows one of the simplest vines with budding tendrils at each flexure.
In Plate [F], Fig. 2, is a simple stripe seen in such rugs as Gorevans. Similar stripes are very common. As there is no pendant, the character of the vine depends upon the form it assumes in alternating flexures, one of which in this instance is an eight-petalled star.
In many of the Karadaghs is seen the Caucasian stripe (Plate [F], Fig. 3) consisting of an angular vine, from each flexure of which spring small designs like three-leaf clover.
Plate F. Secondary Border-Stripes of Persian Rugs
Plate F. Secondary Border-Stripes of Persian Rugs
Another type peculiar to some rugs of Northwestern Persia, as the Bijars and even Sehnas, is shown in Plate [F], Fig. 4. Here one flexure is a serrated leaf, and the other is a small rosette with short curving tendrils.
A simple vine of somewhat similar order appears in Plate [F], Fig. 5. At each flexure is a flower of four petals, and from alternating flexures spring tendrils of colour different from that of the vine. Stripes of similar drawing appeared in Persian carpets as early as 1350 a. d. A further stage in the development of the same pattern is illustrated in Plate [F], Fig. 6.