Antique Persian Bakshaish Room Size Carpet
No. 30903
Persia, Late 19th Century
11 ft. 3 in. x 14 ft. 9 in.
(3.40 x 4.46 m)
A wool pile of symmetric knots on a cotton foundation. The royal blue field shows two columns of three stylized giant palmettes with geometric supporting leaves, in a sea of tiny dots and diamonds. Rust-red strip style border of turtles centered by octagons and mosaic pattern rosettes. A distinctive and outstanding, unique village antique.
