Kirman wool velvet carpet on cotton backing, cherry-red field decorated with polychrome stylized foliage and flower scrolls and garlands of palmettes framing a central navy blue and ivory floral medallion in the shape of an elongated diamond, four sky-blue spandrels decorated in the same way as the central medallion, five borders, the main one navy blue with interlacing floral bulbs surrounded by fine twisted crenellated stems. Iran, circa 1960. Size: 400 x 305 cm Expert : Mr Frank Kassapian