拍品专文
Khorassan 'Shrub' carpets are typified by a soft fleecy pile, a palette that often relies heavily, as here, on a dark green and slightly corrosive orange-brown, and fields covered with relatively self-contained floral sprays or "shrubs". These floral designs have close similarities with those of some Vase carpets, but the wool and structure of this group are dramatically different. A similar complete, but very worn carpet, formerly in the de Trafford Collection, sold in these rooms in the sale, A Palladian Villa by Michael S. Smith; New York, 23-24 April, lot 156.