Important antique wool velvet carpet on wool foundation with "Mina Khani" design (wear, natural oxidation, worn selvages). Midnight-blue field decorated with rows of floral buds and bulbs encircled by geometrically stylized rounded stems in polychrome. Triple border, the main one brickwork with motifs reminiscent of the central field. Northwest Persia, circa 1870. Height 580 cm - Width 220 cm Appraisal by Mr Frank KASSAPIAN - 06 58 68 52 26