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Auction Title: Oriental Rugs and Carpets
Auction Date: October 14, 2004
Artist or Maker: SULTANABAD DISTRICT, WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
Description: SULTANABAD DISTRICT, WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
The shaded pale apricot field with an overall design of bold palmettes, scrolling acanthus leaves and individual flowerheads, in a shaded sky-blue palmette and angular leafy vine border between light brown floral meander stripes, naturally corroded brown, localised areas of wear, a small repaired split and minor touches of repiling in the border, a few rows of knots missing at both ends
21ft.10in. x 13ft.10in. (664cm. x 422cm.)
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