Original, large wool velvet Kachan rug on cotton backing with mihrab on ivory field decorated with stylized double colonnettes and finely drawn, pastel-toned semis of palmettes and floral bulbs. Double orange-brick spandrels. Beige main border with interlacing palmettes and crenellated serrated foliage in bluish-gray and old gold. Iran, circa 1980. Size: 307 x 203 cm Expert : Mr Frank Kassapian