EXCEPTIONAL, IMPORTANT AND VERY FINE ISFAHAN (IRAN) CIRCA 1970. Ivory field with scrolls of polychrome flowering palmettes surrounded by fine twisted stems, framing a large central rose window with a crown of ruby, old gold and midnight blue starred flowers. Four spandrels reminiscent of the central rose window. Five borders, the main one pearl grey with interlacing floral bulbs finely drawn surrounded by foliage in the form of ram's horns. Velvet in silky lambswool of high quality, flowers surrounded by silk, on silk foundations: silk warps, wefts and fringes. Density of approximately 10,000 to 11,000 knots per dm2. Remarkable finesse. 303 x 210 cm

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