IRAN Najafabad carpet About 1965/1970 Beige gilded field with scrolls of garlands and scrolls of palmettes of flowers and stylized polychrome foliage adorned with a large central rosette with a flowery crown in midnight blue, old gold, ruby, lilac and bluish grey in the form of a stylized diamond Four spandrels decorated with the central floral medallion Six borders of which the main one is beige with half bulbs and multicolored floral buttons Wool velvet and cotton foundation. Density. About 7/8000 knots per dm2 Dimensions. 440 x 300 cm (Good general condition)

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