TY - JOUR T1 - Harati "Mixed Fish" Motif within the Geography of Iranian Carpet TT - نقش هراتی «‌ماهی درهم» در جغرافیای فرش ایران JF - goljaam JO - goljaam VL - 9 IS - 23 UR - http://goljaam.icsa.ir/article-1-492-en.html Y1 - 2013 SP - 91 EP - 110 KW - Persian carpet KW - Harati motif KW - Mixed fish motif KW - Weaving style N2 - It can be said that a part of our cultural-artistic identity and even national identity is interwoven with carpet. Persian carpet history has been glorious and brilliant,and the artisans of the field, relying on rich and prolific past and the road which has been taken, can inspire innovation to keep it alive. Thus, one of the tasks of the researchers in this context is introducing the rich past of Persian carpet and its historical identity. This paper is based on desk and fieldstudyand aimed to study historical-artisticproperties and semiotics of one of the most famous motifs in carpets,i.e. Harati motif within the geography of Iranian carpets. The questions which are to be answered include: What is Harati motif? What is the origin that motif? And what are the types of Harati motif? M3 ER -