Antique Persian Tabriz Pictorial Rug
No. 24328
Persia, Early 20th Century
1 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft. 7 in.
(0.55 x 0.78 m)
A wool pile of symmetric knots on a cotton foundation. The Safavid Shah ‘Abbas, with his characteristic signature mustache and wearing a dark blue coat, kneels on a jeweled, pale blue throne, within a claret niche and under sand floral spandrels. Abrashed teal border with reversing fan palmettes on an angular meander.
