Antique Persian Malayer Accent Carpet
No. 31131
Persia, Early 20th Century
6 ft. 9 in. x 10 ft. 8 in.
(2.04 x 3.23 m)
A wool pile of symmetric knots on a cotton foundation. A three-by-three layout of large open dumb bell cartouches dominates the well-filled straw-camel field. Rosettes and small stems fill in both the cartouches and the external reserves. Some of the stems have been arranged into gridwork fragments. The strip style ecru border shows two types of stylized flowers, and tiny birds perch on the trapezoidal meander.
