Tabriz carpet made of silky lambswool velvet on a cotton foundation, decorated with four paintings representative of pilgrimages to four cities, mosques, palaces and monuments : - Soltaniyeh (city near Zanjan and Tabriz), - Taq-e Bostan, - Mechhed, - Shiraz, where the tomb of Darius the Great is located. Seven borders, the main one with columns featuring a swan lake, a hunting scene of wild animals (in homage to the Persian king Bahran, a great hunter), the construction of monuments, representations of Persepolis festivals, lions and figures carrying stones. Northwestern Iran, mid-twentieth century. High. Width: 329 cm - Width: 243 cm. Expert: Mr Frank KASSAPIAN - 01 46 33 10 78 - frank.kassapian@yahoo.fr