IRAN. Quite fine Baktiar Semnan carpet in silky wool velvet on cotton foundations (some oxidation and slight wear, frayed endings, beautiful polychromy). Brick field decorated with fine branchlets crenellated with stylized flowers and foliage. Large central ivory medallion with polychrome scrolls and garlands of flowers, four midnight-blue spandrels with finely drawn floral bulbs. Triple borders, the main one ivory with interlacing palmettes and stylized leaves. Circa 1965-1970. Length : 212 cm - Width : 141 cm Expert : Frank KASSAPIAN