Vintage Persian Malayer Throw Rug
No. 32042
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 7 in. x 6 ft. 8 in.
(1.40 x 2.03 m)
A wool pile of symmetric knots on a cotton foundation. The soft dove-grey field presents a characteristic allover Malayer design of stiff, serrated leaves, octagons, color-sampler rectangles, open split diamonds, and oblique barbed leaves. The sandy bone border features a faceted trapezoidal meander embracing two styles of fringed palmettes.
