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A single large boteh in madder red on indigo, its body filled with tiny saffron flowers and its heart holding a small flowering stem.
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Grand Boteh

No. 1 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA single large boteh in madder red on indigo, its body filled with tiny saffron flowers and its heart holding a small flowering stem.

What it meansThe boteh, a curled teardrop shape, has been woven and embroidered in Iran for centuries and became the signature motif of the Kashmir shawl.

Where it worksHolds its own above a sofa, a sideboard or a bed.

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Rows of botehs drawn as nested bands of madder, saffron, teal and ivory, turning left and right on a black-plum ground.Nested FieldNo. 2
A plain ivory field scattered with small botehs above a deep red border of tall, elongated pine-cone botehs.Shawl EndNo. 3
One boteh drawn as a single unbroken gold line that spirals inward three times, on deep indigo.Gold LineNo. 4
Two botehs set back to back, their tails sweeping outward, drawn in nested bands of madder, teal and ivory inside an indigo roundel on saffron.Mirrored PairNo. 5
A boteh taken apart into flat pieces of colour: an indigo tail, a round bulb split into madder and teal, and a small saffron boteh beside it.Cut ShapesNo. 6
Small detailed botehs in ivory and saffron, edged in gold, standing in alternating rows between fine stripes on deep red.TermehNo. 7
A half-drop repeat of botehs printed in black-plum outline and madder fill on a natural calico ground, the colours slightly off register.Calico BlockNo. 8
Large botehs in a slightly lighter teal, detailed with fine darker lines and dots, on a teal ground.Teal on TealNo. 9

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