Vintage Persian Malayer Room Size Carpet
No. 24871
Persia, Mid-20th Century
10 ft. 10 in. x 13 ft. 3 in.
(3.28 x 4.01 m)
A wool pile of symmetrical knots on a cotton foundation. The light slate-grey field features the classic 'Mahalayer' allover pattern of fringed rosettes, small fringed palmettes, leaves, and fractional stems, all framed by a strip-style border with conical, reversing palmettes and a thickened leaf meander.
