Large and fine Ghoum in silk and silk velvet on silk foundations. Décor reminiscent of 17th-century Safavid dynasty carpets. Original ruby field decorated with polychrome flower bulbs and palmettes surrounded by polychrome stylized wild animals. Seven borders, the main one in midnight blue, decorated in the same way as the central field. Iran. Shah era, circa 1965. H_280 cm L_185 cm. Density: Approx. 9,000 knots per dm2. Expert : Frank Kassapian

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