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Antique Persian Lavar Kerman Oversize Carpet, No.16668 - Gsblank

Antique Persian Lavar Kerman Oversize Carpet

No. 16668
Persia, Early 20th Century
13 ft. 1 in. x 19 ft. 8 in.
(3.96 x 5.95 m)

A wool pile with asymmetric knots on a cotton foundation. The champagne-colored ground features a tonally adjacent allover pattern of sickle leaves, rosettes, and open diamonds, closely resembling the popular Herati design. The brown main border displays reversing turtles. The overall palette is tone-on-tone. Laver is a town in the Kerman region, though today, most finely woven Kerman carpets are attributed to the village.