Antique Persian Mahal Oversize Carpet
No. 22759
Persia, Early 20th Century
15 ft. 5 in. x 20 ft. 6 in.
(4.66 x 6.20 m)
A wool pile of asymmetric knots on a cotton foundation. The straw-sand field shows an almost perfectly balanced, mid-scale allover Herati design of open diamonds, rosettes, palmettes and barbed sickle leaves, accented in soft sky blue, rust and green. Brick strip style main border with the tangerine flower motif in repeat. Secondary borders with stars and bars, and four tertiaries with reversing fan palmettes.
