Large and fine silk Ghoum RUG, Iran. Silk velvet on silk foundation. Ivory field decorated with stylized palmettes and floral bulbs in old gold and turquoise, surrounded by fine crenellated branches adorned with serrated foliage in the form of stylized serpentines framing a central floral medallion in old gold in the form of a stylized diamond. Four borders, the main one in beige, decorated in the same way as the central field. Circa 1970, Shah period. Size: 310 x 210 cm. Density: approx. 10000 knots per dm2. (Remarkable finesse, good overall condition)

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