Antique Persian Mahal Room Size Carpet
No. 29389
Persia, Early 20th Century
10 ft. 3 in. x 14 ft. 2 in.
(3.12 x 4.32 m)
A wool pile of asymmetric knots on a cotton foundation. The straw-beige ground features five columns of face-like and other palmette motifs, loosely connected by broken ecru tendrils. There is lateral symmetry around a central axis. Rust, ruby red, green, brown, and ecru are among the accent tones, with no blues present. An abrashed red strip-style main border displays reversing Mahal-style turtles, with a few rendered in dark blue.
