Turkish Pile Rug with Floral Boteh or Paisley Motifs

Row upon row of paisley, and not one of them breaks ranks.

This pile rug with floral boteh or paisley motifs comes from Sivas in Central Turkey and dates to the 20th century. It is wool. Sivas is an established carpet-weaving center of Anatolia, whose workshops made rugs like this for the floors of Turkish homes and for sale abroad. The boteh is a curving teardrop found across the region's rugs. Paired motifs fill the whole field in soft gold, tan and sage, with touches of slate blue and rust. Just under ten feet long and nearly seven wide.

Pattern, and then more pattern. It does not tire.