Fine Ghoum silk carpet (Iran), circa 1980 Dimensions : 196 x 138 cm Technical characteristics : silk velvet on silk foundation Density : About 11000/12000 knots per dm2 Good general condition Ivory field with garlands of pearl gray and old pink flowered palmettes decorated with a central pale pink floral medallion in the form of a stylized elongated diamond Four spandrels crowned with ruby flowers, seven borders of which the main one is old pink with interlacing bulbs and stylized floral buds

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