Old Kirman tapestry in Egyptian style Persia. Circa 1940. Wool on cotton. The beige central field with an all-over depiction of an Egyptian ruler on a throne. Surrounded by a wide, red-ground border with a stylized reed leaf decoration. 106 cm x 140 cm. Carpets of this type were made around the same time as the first marriage of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to the Egyptian princess Fausia bint Fu'ad in 1939. An old Persian Kirman rug with Egyptian design.

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