Antique Persian Mahal Room Size Carpet
No. 33048
Persia, Early 20th Century
8 ft. 11 in. x 11 ft. 11 in.
(2.72 x 3.63 m)
A wool pile of asymmetric knots on a cotton foundation. The red-brown field presents three rows of three full or half dumbbell-shaped vertical cartouches, each sprouting pairs of deeply serrated bent leaves. Rosettes separate the cartouches both vertically and horizontally. A red strip-style main border displays petal rosettes and petal palmettes.
