ANTIQUE SULTANABAD
Origin: PERSIA
Size: 11' 9" x 12' 2"
Rug ID # 1024

Finely woven after the classical Persian carpets of the 17th century, with a "Polonaise" design. The rust background surrounds a vertical centerpiece with palmettes and interlaced arabesque connected with flowering vine.  Enclosed by guard borders and a primary variating, gray/blue border of reciprocal blossoms and vine, all in variating colors of rust, gray, blue, camel, gold, navy, tobacco, olive, ivory, black, beige and charcoal.

Circa 1880