Baktiar carpet in wool velvet on cotton backing, decorated with nine rows of five boxes inlaid with polychrome compositions of stylized flowers and foliage, flowering trees, cypresses, multicolored stylized birds, six borders, the main one ruby, interlaced with fine twisted crenellated stems inlaid with polychrome floral buds. Iran, circa 1975/80. Size: 306 x 217 cm Expert : Mr Frank Kassapian