Vintage Persian Malayer Runner
No. 32763
Persia, Mid-20th Century
3 ft. 8 in. x 13 ft. 1 in.
(1.11 x 3.96 m)
A wool pile of symmetric knots on a cotton foundation. The beveled slate-brown field centers a long pole medallion made up of fringed diamonds with varied internal patterns, flanked by bent leaves, rosettes, palmettes, botehs, and quincunxes. The straw main border features a right-angle meander with pentagonal palmettes in the reserves.
